Meaning of Ancestor | Babel Free
ˈæn.sɛs.tɚDefinitions
- One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather; a forebear.
- An earlier type; a progenitor
- One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
- One who had the same role or function in former times.
- A word or phrase which serves as the origin of a term in another language.
Equivalents
Afrikaans
voorouer
Беларуская
продак
Čeština
předek
Dansk
forfader
Deutsch
Ahn
Ahne
Ahnin
Altvorderer
Familiengründer
Stammmutter
Stammvater
Urahn
Urahne
Urvater
Vorfahr
Vorfahre
Vorfahrin
Vorgänger
Vorläufer
Esperanto
praulo
فارسی
نیا
Français
ancêtre
Gàidhlig
sinnsear
ქართული
წინაპარი
Lietuvių
protėvis
Македонски
предок
मराठी
पूर्वज
Slovenščina
prednik
Kiswahili
mhenga
Examples
“Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.”
“This fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.”
“The Magpies are unbeaten and enjoying their best run since 1994, although few would have thought the class of 2011 would come close to emulating their ancestors.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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