English Explanatory Dictionary

desant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of the Russian Airborne Troops.

Word forms

desant desants

Etymology

From Russian десант (desant), from French descente (“descent”), in reference to parachuting. Doublet of descent.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on D Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary