different between descent vs chicano

English

Etymology

From Middle English and Anglo-Norman descente, from Anglo-Norman descendre (“to descend”); see descend. Compare ascent, ascend. Doublet of desant.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??s?nt/
• Homophones: dissent (for some dialects)

Noun

descent (countable and uncountable, plural descents)

1. An instance of descending; act of coming down.
   • 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track

     The next one surrendered his bike, only for that, too, to give him a second flat as he started the descent.

2. A way down.

   We had difficulty in finding the correct descent.

3. A sloping passage or incline.

   The descent into the cavern was wet and slippery.

4. Lineage or hereditary derivation.

   Our guide was of Welsh descent.

5. A drop to a lower status or condition; decline. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

   After that, the holiday went into a steep descent.

6. A falling upon or invasion.
7. (topology) A particular extension of the idea of gluing. See Descent (mathematics).

Usage notes

• Sometimes confused with decent.

Antonyms

• (going down): ascent

Derived terms

• hypodescent, hyperdescent

Related terms

• descend

Translations

Further reading

• descent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• descent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• cedents, scented

Portuguese

Verb

chicano

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of chicanar

Spanish

Alternative forms

• chicanx (uncommon, gender-neutral)

Etymology

From mechicano, a dialectal variant of mexicano (“Mexican”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??i?kano/, [t??i?ka.no]

Adjective

chicano (feminine chicana, masculine plural chicanos, feminine plural chicanas)

1. (of a person) of Mexican descent and living in the United States

Noun

chicano m (plural chicanos, feminine chicana, feminine plural chicanas)

1. Chicano

Descendants

• ? English: Chicano

Further reading

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