Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

descendency

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-scen-den-cy
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The property of descendence.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The tool performs a descendency check to ensure the object is in fact a descendant before allowing the operation to proceed."

Etymology

From descend + -ency.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: descend

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does descendency mean?: The property of descendence.
Where does descendency come from?: From descend + -ency.

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