ascendant

== English == === Etymology === The adjective is derived from Late Middle English ascendent (“ascending, rising; increasing in quantity; (astronomy) rising above the horizon”) [and other forms], borrowed from Old French ascendant, from Latin ascendentem, the accusative singular of ascendēns (“ascending, rising”), the present participle of ascendō, adscendō (“to climb up, go up, move upwards; to rise; to spring up”), from ad- (prefix meaning ‘(up) to’) + scandō (“to ascend, climb, mount; to clamber”) (from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to climb, scale; to dart; to jump; to scan (poetry)”)). The English word is analysable as ascend (verb) +‎ -ant (suffix forming adjectives from verbs with the sense of ‘doing [the verbal actions]’). The noun is probably derived from the adjective, though it is attested earlier than the latter. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈsɛnd(ə)nt/ (General American) IPA(key): /əˈsɛndənt/ Rhymes: -ɛndənt Hyphenation: ascend‧ant === Adjective === ascendant (comparative more ascendant, superlative most ascendant) Moving upward; ascending, rising. (figurative) Controlling, dominant, surpassing. Synonym: superior (astrology) In an eastern direction rising just above the horizon. (astronomy) Rising towards the zenith. (botany, physiology) Of a part of an organism: synonym of ascending (“leading or sloping upwards”). (genealogy, archaic or obsolete) Synonym of ascending (“of or pertaining to one's ancestors”). ==== Alternative forms ==== ascendent (archaic) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ascend ascent ascending (adjective, noun) ascender ==== Translations ==== === Noun === ascendant (plural ascendants) (astrology, also figurative) The degree of the zodiac or point of the ecliptic which rises in an eastern direction above the horizon at a particular moment (especially the moment of a person's birth), which is supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's fortune and life; a horoscope. (by extension) Chiefly in in the ascendant: an act of ascending or rising. (figurative) Synonym of ascendancy (“commanding influence; dominant control; superiority, supremacy”). (genealogy) An ancestor. Antonym: descendant (obsolete) A person who ascends or goes up; specifically (usually followed by to), a person who ascends to a throne or assumes some other position of power. Something which is higher than the things around it; a peak, a summit; specifically (typography), synonym of ascender (“the portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline”). Something which leads or slopes upwards, such as a flight of stairs or an upward incline. (rare) A person who supports a policy of ecclesiastical or national supremacy. ==== Alternative forms ==== ascendent (chiefly noun noun sense 1, archaic) ==== Derived terms ==== in the ascendant lord of the ascendant ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === ascendant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ascendant (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === adnascent == French == === Etymology === From Old French ascendant, borrowed from Latin ascendentem, the accusative singular of ascendēns (“ascending, rising”), the present participle of ascendō, adscendō (“to climb up, go up, move upwards; to rise; to spring up”), from ad- (prefix meaning ‘(up) to’) + scandō (“to ascend, climb, mount; to clamber”) (from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to climb, scale; to dart; to jump; to scan (poetry)”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.sɑ̃.dɑ̃/ === Participle === ascendant present participle of ascendre === Adjective === ascendant (feminine ascendante, masculine plural ascendants, feminine plural ascendantes) ascendant ==== Derived terms ==== compatibilité ascendante === Noun === ascendant m (plural ascendants) (astrology) ascendant supremacy, ascendancy L'équipe adverse a repris l'ascendant du match. ― The opposing team regained the supremacy of the match. (genealogy) ancestor, forefather, progenitor === Further reading === “ascendant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Verb === ascendant third-person plural present active subjunctive of ascendō