descender

• Nom qui désigne une personne ou une chose qui descend ; en typographie, une lettre minuscule dont une partie s'étend sous la ligne de base, ou cette partie elle-même.

A noun with multiple meanings: a person who descends; a lowercase letter with a part extending below the baseline; or in printing, the part of a lowercase letter that extends below other lowercase letters.

1. Someone who descendsB2formal

   A person who moves downward or comes down from a higher place.

   personne qui descend

   • The descender carefully climbed down the mountain.
   • Each descender on the staircase moved with caution.
   • The group of descenders reached the valley safely.

   Antonymesascenderclimber

2. Typography: letter partC1formal

   In typography, the part of a lowercase letter that extends below the baseline, such as in 'g', 'j', 'p', 'q', 'y'.

   Descendante (typographie)

   • The letter 'g' has a prominent descender.
   • Fonts with long descenders can look elegant.
   • The descender of the 'y' almost touched the next line.

   Antonymesascender

3. Typography: letter typeC1formal

   A lowercase letter that has a part extending below the baseline.

   Descendant (typographie)

   • The letters 'p' and 'q' are descenders.
   • In this font, the descenders are quite short.
   • The designer adjusted the length of the descenders for readability.

   Antonymesascender