Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

desant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-sant
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the Russian Airborne Troops.

Etymology

From Russian десант (desant), from French descente (“descent”), in reference to parachuting. Doublet of descent.

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: десант, descente

Inflected Forms

desants (plural)

Questions

What does desant mean?: A member of the Russian Airborne Troops.
Where does desant come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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