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descendance

descendants

noun deh-sahn-DAHNS Rare

Also means

lineage

Usage Note

Descendance is a collective noun referring to all of someone's offspring and their future generations taken together. The adjective descendant/descendante exists, and the noun descendant (m) refers to an individual. Contrast with ascendance (f), meaning ancestry or ascendancy.

Examples

"Il n'a laissé aucune descendance."

Natural Translation

He left no descendants.

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