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il descendit

went down, descended

→ descendre
descend to go down, to come down, to descend; to get off (a bus/train) + it he/she/it past historic
verb · third singular · past indicative Uncommon #20,749
went down, descended Literary/simple past (passé simple), 3rd person singular.
FR: Il descendit l’escalier en silence.
EN: He went down the stairs in silence.
Conjugation of descendre
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third descendit —

Helen descendit à l'arrêt suivant.

Helen got off at the next stop.

Elle descendit l'escalier avec une lettre à la main.

She came down the stairs with a letter in her hand.

Thomas descendit à la cave.

Thomas went down to the cellar.

Il descendit du train.

He got off the train.

La vieille dame descendit de l'autobus.

The old lady got off the bus.

Tom ne descendit pas de l'avion avec les autres passagers.

Tom did not get off the plane with the other passengers.

L'avion de papier descendit lentement au sol.

The paper airplane slowly descended to the ground.

Elle le descendit.

She took him down.

La température descendit de plusieurs degrés.

The temperature dropped several degrees.

Il descendit prendre le petit déjeuner.

He went down to have breakfast.

Elle descendit au cinquième étage.

She went down to the fifth floor.

Tout le monde descendit du bus.

Everyone got off the bus.

Il descendit de l'arbre.

He climbed down from the tree.

Tom descendit dans le vestibule à la rencontre de Manon.

Tom went down to the hall to meet Manon.

Il descendit à l'arrêt suivant.

He got off at the next stop.

Elle descendit du toit.

She came down from the roof.

Il descendit de la colline.

He came down the hill.

La nuit descendit, pleine d'inquiétude.

Night fell, heavy with anxiety.

— Le Cuirassé Potemkine (1925)