Descendant — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race

going or coming down

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dˈɑːz/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪsˈɛndənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪsˈɛndənt/

3 syllables Say it as /dˈɑːz/.

Examples

descendent gene

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

descendent

Antonyms

ancestor

Parts of Speech

noun	a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
adjective	going or coming down
adjective	proceeding by descent from an ancestor “descendent gene”

Word Forms

descendant	adjective	proceeding by descent from an ancestor
descend	verb	come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
descendant	noun	a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Nachkomme

eine Person, von der man annimmt, dass sie von einem Vorfahren oder einer Rasse abstammt

🇪🇸Spanish

descendiente

una persona considerada descendiente de algún antepasado o raza

🇮🇹Italian

discendente

una persona considerata discendente da qualche antenato o razza

🇳🇱Dutch

afstammeling

een persoon die wordt beschouwd als afstammeling van een voorouder of ras

🇵🇹Portuguese

descendente

uma pessoa considerada descendente de algum ancestral ou raça

🇷🇺Russian

потомок

человек, считающийся потомком какого-либо предка или расы

India

🇮🇳Hindi

वंशज

किसी व्यक्ति को किसी पूर्वज या जाति का वंशज माना जाता है

🇧🇩Bengali

বংশধর

একজন ব্যক্তি যাকে কোনো পূর্বপুরুষ বা জাতি থেকে এসেছে বলে মনে করা হয়

🇮🇳Tamil

வழித்தோன்றல்

ஒரு நபர் சில மூதாதையர் அல்லது இனத்திலிருந்து வந்தவராகக் கருதப்படுகிறார்

🇮🇳Telugu

సంతతి

కొంతమంది పూర్వీకులు లేదా జాతి నుండి వచ్చిన వ్యక్తిగా పరిగణించబడే వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

वंशज

एखाद्या पूर्वज किंवा वंशातून वंशज मानली जाणारी व्यक्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

વંશજ

કોઈ પૂર્વજ અથવા જાતિમાંથી વંશજ તરીકે ગણવામાં આવતી વ્યક્તિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಂಶಸ್ಥ

ಕೆಲವು ಪೂರ್ವಜರು ಅಥವಾ ಜನಾಂಗದಿಂದ ಬಂದವರು ಎಂದು ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಲಾದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സന്തതി

ഏതെങ്കിലും പൂർവ്വികനിൽ നിന്നോ വംശത്തിൽ നിന്നോ ഉള്ളതായി കണക്കാക്കപ്പെടുന്ന ഒരു വ്യക്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵੰਸ਼ਜ

ਇੱਕ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜਿਸਨੂੰ ਕਿਸੇ ਪੂਰਵਜ ਜਾਂ ਨਸਲ ਤੋਂ ਮੰਨਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

اولاد

ایک شخص جسے کسی آباؤ اجداد یا نسل سے سمجھا جاتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

后裔

被认为是某个祖先或种族的后裔的人

🇯🇵Japanese

子孫

ある祖先または人種の子孫であると考えられる人

🇰🇷Korean

자손

어떤 조상이나 인종의 후손으로 간주되는 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

hậu duệ

một người được coi là hậu duệ của một tổ tiên hoặc chủng tộc nào đó

🇹🇭Thai

ลูกหลาน

บุคคลที่ถือว่าสืบเชื้อสายมาจากบรรพบุรุษหรือเชื้อชาติ

🇮🇩Indonesian

keturunan

seseorang dianggap sebagai keturunan dari nenek moyang atau ras tertentu

🇵🇭Filipino

inapo

isang taong itinuturing na nagmula sa ilang ninuno o lahi

🇲🇾Malay

keturunan

seseorang yang dianggap sebagai keturunan dari beberapa nenek moyang atau bangsa

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

سليل

شخص يعتبر منحدرًا من أحد الأجداد أو العرق

🇮🇷Persian

نواده

شخصی که از نسل یا اجداد یا نژادی به حساب می آید

🇹🇷Turkish

soyundan gelen

bir atadan veya ırktan geldiği kabul edilen kişi

🇮🇱Hebrew

צֶאֱצָא

אדם הנחשב כצאצא מאב קדמון או גזע כלשהו

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