descendance

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English

Noun

descendance (uncountable)

  1. The property of being a descendant; descent.
    • 1977, Haskell Brooks Curry, Foundations of Mathematical Logic, page 199:
      The relation of being a descendant is defined as the quasi ordering generated by immediate descendance.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.sɑ̃.dɑ̃s/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Noun

descendance f (plural descendances)

  1. line of descent

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