different between descender vs ascender

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.

References

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.