Grammatical class

Verb

descendre

(intransitive) to go down

Details

Syllables

des-cen-dre

Phonetics

de.sɑ̃dʁ

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

766

Freq. (movies)

828

Freq. (news)

4834

Sentences

Je vais descendre.

I'll come down.

A1

Fais descendre Tom.

Send Tom down.

A1

Je vais le descendre.

I will shoot him.

A1

Fais-moi descendre, Tom.

Put me down, Tom.

A1

Veuillez m'aider à descendre ceci.

Please help me take this down.

A2

Ça ne fait que descendre, à partir d'ici.

It's all downhill from here.

A2

Marie fut la première à descendre du navire.

Mary was the first to descend from the ship.

B1

Nous prîmes l'ascenseur pour monter et descendre.

We went up and down in the elevator.

B1

Je sentis que je devais simplement descendre du bateau.

I felt I just had to get off the ship.

B1

Ils nous virent alors qu'ils étaient en train de descendre du train.

They saw us as they were getting off the train.

B1

Nous devons descendre à l'arrêt prochain.

We need to get off at the next stop.

B2

Penses-tu pouvoir descendre ici immédiatement ?

Do you think you can come down here immediately?

B2