descente
French, noun/de.sɑ̃t/
descente is spelled D-E-S-C-E-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written French, the 4,658th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descente is a French feminine noun meaning “descent (act of going down)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de descendre, d’aller vers le bas”.
What does descente mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedescent (act of going down)
- 2
femininedescent (downward slope)
- 3
feminineway down
- 4
femininedescending
- 5
feminineraid (e.g. police raid)
- 6
femininedownhill (an event in skiing or canoeing)
- 7
femininecomedown (from a drug), crash
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de descendre, d’aller vers le bas. 2. Action par laquelle on descend quelque chose. 3. Pente par laquelle on descend. 4. Tuyau qui porte les eaux d’un chéneau ou d’une cuvette jusque sur le pavé ou par lequel descendent les eaux d’un réservoir.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of descente
- descentes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descente?
- /de.sɑ̃t/
- \de.sɑ̃t\
- [de.sɑ̃t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to descente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is descente in French?
descente appears 16 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).