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descent:
- ursprung; börd; härkomst; nerstigning; fallenhet; böjelse
- härstamning; nedfart; utförsbacke
Wiktionary:
- descent → ursprung, härkomst, härstamning, nedåtgående luftström, nedvind, åkningen utför, nedfärd, förödmjukelse

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Detailed Translations for descent from English to Swedish

descent:

descent [the ~] noun

the descent (origin; ancestry; provenance; source; parentage; birth)
ursprung; börd; härkomst
- ursprung [-ett] noun
- börd [-en] noun
- härkomst [-en] noun
the descent (landing; touchdown)
nerstigning
- nerstigning noun
the descent (lineage)
härkomst
- härkomst [-en] noun
the descent (inclination; incline; ramp; slope; slip)
fallenhet; böjelse
- fallenhet [-en] noun
- böjelse [-en] noun

descent

descent
härstamning
- härstamning
descent (way down)
nedfart
- nedfart
descent (downhill slope)
utförsbacke
- utförsbacke

Translation Matrix for descent:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
böjelse	descent; inclination; incline; ramp; slip; slope	bending; inclination; perversion; tendency; tenor; trend; twisting
börd	ancestry; birth; descent; origin; parentage; provenance; source
fallenhet	descent; inclination; incline; ramp; slip; slope	disposition; faculty; inclination; nature
härkomst	ancestry; birth; descent; lineage; origin; parentage; provenance; source
nerstigning	descent; landing; touchdown
ursprung	ancestry; birth; descent; origin; parentage; provenance; source	origin; origins; roots; source; sources
-	declension; declination; decline; declivity; downslope; extraction; fall; filiation; line of descent; lineage; origin
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
härstamning	descent
nedfart	descent; way down
utförsbacke	descent; downhill slope

Synonyms for "descent":

change of location; travel
origin; extraction; ancestry; lineage; derivation; filiation
motion; movement; move
line of descent; lineage; filiation; kinship; family relationship; relationship
declivity; fall; decline; declination; declension; downslope; slope; incline; side
line; bloodline; blood line; blood; pedigree; ancestry; parentage; stemma; stock; genealogy; family tree

Antonyms for "descent":

ascent

Related Definitions for "descent":

the act of changing your location in a downward direction¹
properties attributable to your ancestry¹
a movement downward¹
a downward slope or bend¹
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors¹

Wiktionary Translations for descent:

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• descent	→ ursprung; härkomst; härstamning	↔ Herkunft — woher jemandes Familie stammen
• descent	→ nedåtgående luftström; nedvind	↔ Abwind — Meteorologie:
• descent	→ härstamning	↔ Abstammung — Biologie: die Herkunft von Organismen bezüglich der evolutionären Stammesentwicklung und die Weitergabe von Erbanlagen
• descent	→ åkningen utför; nedfärd	↔ Abfahrt — die Fahrt nach unten, die Fahrt herab oder hinab
• descent	→ förödmjukelse	↔ abaissement — action d’abaisser, de s’abaisser, ou résultat de cette action.

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