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Meaning of quatrayle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A great-great-great-grandfather; the grandfather of the grandfather of one's father.

rare

Equivalents

Čeština praprapradědeček
Magyar szépapa
Latina atavus
Bahasa Melayu cakawari cilawagi
မြန်မာဘာသာ ဘင်း
Português tetravó
Русский прапрапрадед
Українська прапрапра́дід

Examples

“He was the quatrayle of Zaccheus Gould, the New England immigrant.”
“This means that two individuals A and B whose most recent common ancestor C is the quatrayle (or great-great-great-grandfather) of the former and the quatrayle of the latter cannot belong to the same lineage, because the genealogical chain linking A to B contains ten degrees of kinship.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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