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il descendit

went down, descended, got off, fell

→ descendre
descend go down + it he/she/it past historic
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Uncommon #16,719
went down, descended This is a literary past-tense form, mostly used in written stories.
FR: Elle descendit les escaliers en silence.
EN: She went down the stairs quietly.
got off Used for getting off a train, plane, or other vehicle.
FR: Il descendit du train à midi.
EN: He got off the train at noon.
fell, went down This is a literary past-tense form, mostly used in written stories.
FR: La température descendit pendant la nuit.
EN: The temperature fell during the night.
Conjugation of descendre
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third descendit descendirent

L'avion de papier descendit lentement au sol.

The paper airplane slowly descended to the ground.

Thomas descendit à la cave et remonta avec une bouteille de vin.

Thomas went down to the cellar and came back up with a bottle of wine.

Il descendit du train.

He got off the train.

Il descendit de l'arbre.

He climbed down from the tree.

Jennifer descendit du grand mât.

Jennifer climbed down from the mainmast.

Il descendit prendre le petit déjeuner.

He went down to have breakfast.

Thomas descendit à la cave.

Thomas went down to the cellar.

La vieille dame descendit de l'autobus.

The old lady got off the bus.

Il descendit de la colline.

He came down the hill.

Helen descendit à l'arrêt suivant.

Helen got off at the next stop.

Il descendit à l'arrêt suivant.

He got off at the next stop.

Tom descendit dans le vestibule à la rencontre de Manon.

Tom went down to the hall to meet Manon.

Elle descendit du toit.

She came down from the roof.

Elle le descendit.

She took him down.

Elle descendit cependant et avança de plusieurs pas dans la pièce.

She descended anyway and took several steps into the room.

Elle descendit le long du gréement vers moi.

She climbed down the rigging toward me.

Un soir, il descendit à l'étage inférieur.

One evening, he went downstairs.

La température descendit de plusieurs degrés.

The temperature dropped several degrees.

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

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

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

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

Tout le monde descendit du bus.

Everyone got off the bus.

Elle descendit au cinquième étage.

She went down to the fifth floor.

La nuit descendit, pleine d'inquiétude.

Night fell, heavy with anxiety.

— Le Cuirassé Potemkine (1925)

Tom paya le chauffeur et descendit du taxi.

Tom paid the driver and got out of the taxi.

Baudru ne descendit que devant la station de la Muette.

Baudru got off only at La Muette station.