different between ascendant vs ascender

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ascendant, from Latin ascendens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s?nd?nt/

Adjective

ascendant (comparative more ascendant, superlative most ascendant)

1. Rising, moving upward.
2. Surpassing or controlling.

   • An ascendant spirit above him.

   • 1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy

     The ascendant community obtained a surplus of wealth.

Translations

Noun

ascendant (plural ascendants)

1. Being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency.

   One man has the ascendant over another.

   • 1769, William Robertson, History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V:

     Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young monarch the ascendant not only of a tutor, but of a parent.

2. An ancestor (antonym of descendant)

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3. (usu. followed by to) A royal heir assuming (a place of power)

4. Ascent; height; elevation.
5. (astrology) The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.

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Translations

Related terms

• ascend
• ascent
• ascendance
• ascendancy/ascendency
• ascending
• ascender

Anagrams

• adnascent

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ascendens, ascendentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.s??.d??/

Verb

ascendant

1. present participle of ascendre

Adjective

ascendant (feminine singular ascendante, masculine plural ascendants, feminine plural ascendantes)

1. ascendant

Derived terms

• compatibilité ascendante

Noun

ascendant m (plural ascendants)

1. (astrology) ascendant
2. supremacy, ascendancy

3. (genealogy) ancestor, forefather, progenitor

Further reading

• “ascendant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

ascendant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of ascend?

English

Etymology

ascend +? -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?nd?(?)

Noun

ascender (plural ascenders)

1. A person or thing that ascends.
2. (typography, graphology) The portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline.
   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 1,

     Catherine had a paperback called Graphology: The Mind in the Hand, which gave her all sorts of warnings about people’s tendencies and repressions (“Artist or Madman?” “Pet or Brute?”). “It's those enormous ascenders, darling,” she said: “I see a lot of ego.”

3. (climbing) a mechanical device used for ascending on a rope; ascendeur.

Coordinate terms

• descender

Related terms

• ascend
• ascent
• ascendant
• ascendance
• ascendancy/ascendency
• ascending

Translations

Anagrams

• reascend

Interlingua

Verb

ascender

1. to ascend, go up

Conjugation

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ascendo, ascendere.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.s?.?de(?)/

Verb

ascender (first-person singular present indicative ascendo, past participle ascendido)

1. (intransitive) to ascend; to rise

   Synonyms: subir, alçar

Conjugation

Related terms

• ascensão
• descender

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ascendo, ascendere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /as?en?de?/, [as.??n??d?e?]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /asen?de?/, [a.s?n??d?e?]

Verb

ascender (first-person singular present asciendo, first-person singular preterite ascendí, past participle ascendido)

1. to ascend, to mount, to climb

   Antonym: descender

2. (business) to advance
3. (of status) to rise

Conjugation

Related terms

Further reading

• “ascender” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.