ascendente

Interlingua

Participle

ascendente

1. present participle of ascender

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ascendentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʃ.ʃenˈdɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: a‧scen‧dèn‧te

Participle

ascendente m or f by sense (plural ascendenti)

1. present participle of ascendere

Adjective

ascendente m or f by sense (plural ascendenti)

1. ascending, upward

Noun

ascendente m (plural ascendenti)

1. ancestor
2. ascendancy

Synonyms

• avo
• antenato
• abiatico
• progenitore

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ascendentem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.sẽˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.sẽˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.sẽˈdẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ɐʃ.sẽˈdẽ.tɨ/, /ɐ.ʃẽˈdẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: as‧cen‧den‧te

Adjective

ascendente m or f (plural ascendentes)

1. ascending, upward

   Antonym: descendente

Derived terms

• ascendentemente

Related terms

• ascender

Further reading

• “ascendente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ascendente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ascendentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asθenˈdente/ [as.θẽn̪ˈd̪ẽn̪.t̪e] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /asenˈdente/ [a.sẽn̪ˈd̪ẽn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: as‧cen‧den‧te

Adjective

ascendente m or f (masculine and feminine plural ascendentes)

1. ascending, upward

   Antonym: descendente

Derived terms

• ascendentemente

Related terms

• ascender
• ascendiente

Further reading

• “ascendente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025