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Meaning of Ancestor | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈæn.sɛs.tɚ

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. An earlier type; a progenitor
  3. One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
  4. One who had the same role or function in former times.
  5. A word or phrase which serves as the origin of a term in another language.

Equivalents

Afrikaans voorouer
العربية أب الجدّ جد سلف
Azərbaycanca ata-baba əcdad
Беларуская продак
Čeština předek
Cymraeg cyndad hynafiad
Dansk forfader
Esperanto praulo
Español ancestro antepasado
فارسی نیا
Français ancêtre
Gàidhlig sinnsear
עברית אב קדמון
Magyar előd OS
Հայերեն նախահայր նախնի
日本語 先祖 前身 父祖 祖先 語源
ქართული წინაპარი
한국어 선조 원형 전신 조상 조선
Kurdî ava ava
Lietuvių protėvis
Latviešu sence sencis
Te Reo Māori kahika tipuna tupuna
Македонски предок
मराठी पूर्वज
Bahasa Melayu leluhur nenek moyang
Nederlands voorloper voorouder
Português ancestral antepassado
Slovenščina prednik
Српски baća os predak sence баћа предак
Svenska ana förfader
Kiswahili mhenga
Türkçe ata cet
Українська пра́щур предок
Tiếng Việt ông bà ông vải tổ tổ tiên tông

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.
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