descendre

descendre [desɑ̃dʀ(ə)] vt [+ escalier, montagne] → to go (ou come) down [+ valise, paquet]; to take ou get down [+ étagère etc]; to lower;

(fam) (= abattre); to shoot down: (= boire); to knock back

vi → to go (ou come) down; [passager] (= s'arrêter); to get out, alight; [niveau, température] → to go ou come down, fall, drop; [marée] → to go out;

descendre à pied/en voiture → to walk/drive down, go down on foot/by car;

descendre de (famille) → to be descended from;

descendre du train → to get out of ou off the train;

descendre d'un arbre → to climb down from a tree;

descendre de cheval → to dismount, get off one's horse;

descendre à l'hôtel → to stay at a hotel;

descendre dans la rue (= manifester) → to take to the streets;

descendre en ville → to go into town, go down town