Definition of descendre in French English dictionary
- {v} slacken
- {v} lower
- {v} sag
- {v} fall
- {v} decrease
- {v} jump
- {v} dip
- come down, descend, move down; recede, put up, get down; get off; dismount
- come down
It seemed to me that beauty was like the summit of a mountain peak; when you had reached it there was nothing to do but to come down again.
- Il me semblait que la beauté était pareille à un sommet de pic de montagne ; une fois atteint il ne reste plus qu'à descendre.
He will come down soon.
- Il va bientôt descendre.
- climb down
- get off bus
- step off
- detrain
- get down
- go down
I heard him go down the stairs.
- Je l'entendis descendre les escaliers.
It was a real challenge for us to go down the cliff on a rope.
- C'était pour nous toute une aventure de descendre la falaise en rappel.
- take down
- get off
As she couldn't pay for a ticket, the driver asked her to get off the bus.
- Comme elle ne pouvait pas payer son billet, le conducteur du bus lui demanda de descendre.
Excuse me, I have to get off at the next stop.
- Excusez-moi, je dois descendre au prochain arrêt.
- go downstairs
- descend from
Mary was the first to descend from the ship.
- Marie fut la première à descendre du navire.
- hop off
- walk down
I want to be able to walk down this street without worrying about getting shot.
- Je veux être en mesure de descendre à pied cette rue sans craindre de me faire tirer dessus.
- descend
Mary was the first to descend from the ship.
- Marie fut la première à descendre du navire.
- move down
We saw the parade move down the street.
- On a vu la parade descendre la rue.
- alight
