discendenza

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Italian

Etymology

From discendere, compare Latin descendentia. Compare Piedmontese dissendensa, Spanish descendencia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diʃ.ʃenˈdɛn.t͡sa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛntsa
  • Hyphenation: di‧scen‧dèn‧za

Noun

discendenza f (plural discendenze)

  1. descent, lineage
  2. (usually in the plural) descendant