different between cyclist vs descender

English

Etymology

cycle +? -ist, 1882.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?sa?.kl?st/

Noun

cyclist (plural cyclists)

1. A person who rides a cycle, especially a bicycle, or who habitually engages in cycling.

   Synonyms: (rare) bicyclist, (dated) cycler, (dated) wheelman, biker

   Hyponyms: paracyclist, bicyclist, tricyclist

2. (rare, computing slang) A user of the software language CycL.

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Related terms

• cycle
• unicyclist
• motorcyclist

Translations

References

English

Etymology

descend +? -er (“agent suffix”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??s?nd?(?)/
• Rhymes: -?nd?(?)

Noun

descender (plural descenders)

1. A person or thing that descends.
2. (typography) The part of a lowercase letter that is drawn below the bottom of lowercase letters.
3. (cycling) A cyclist who excels at fast descents.
4. (climbing) A belay device used in rock climbing

Synonyms

• (typography): tail

Translations

Anagrams

• redescend

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• decender (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese decender, borrowed from Latin d?scendere, present active infinitive of d?scend?. Compare descer, probably an inherited doublet.

Verb

descender (first-person singular present indicative descendo, past participle descendido)

1. (intransitive) to descend (to pass from a higher to a lower place)
2. (genealogy, with de) to descend (from) (to have as an ancestor)
3. (etymology, with de) to descend (from) (to have as an etymon)

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to go down): descer, baixar

Related terms

• ascender
• condescender
• descendente

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish decender, decendir, borrowed from Latin d?scend?, d?scendere. Compare also the Old Spanish form deçir, which was likely inherited from the same source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /des?en?de?/, [d?es.??n??d?e?]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /desen?de?/, [d?e.s?n??d?e?]

Verb

descender (first-person singular present desciendo, first-person singular preterite descendí, past participle descendido)

1. to descend

Conjugation

Derived terms

• descendente
• descendiente

Related terms

• ascender
• condescender
• descendencia
• descenso

Further reading

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

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