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an·ces·try
(ăn′sĕs′trē)n. pl. an·ces·tries
1. Ancestral descent or lineage.
2. Ancestors considered as a group.
[Middle English auncestrie, alteration (influenced by auncestre, ancestor) of Old French ancesserie, from ancessour, ancestor, from Latin antecessor; see ancestor.]
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ancestry
(ˈænsɛstrɪ)n, pl -tries
1. lineage or descent, esp when ancient, noble, or distinguished
2. ancestors collectively
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an•ces•try
(ˈæn sɛs tri; esp. Brit. -sə stri)n., pl. -tries.
1. ancestral descent; lineage.
2. honorable or distinguished descent: famous by title and ancestry.
3. a series of ancestors.
4. the origin of a phenomenon, object, idea, or style.
5. the history or developmental process of a phenomenon, object, idea, or style.
[1300–50]
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Noun 1. [画像:ancestry - the descendants of one individual]ancestry - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
blood line, bloodline, lineage, pedigree, stemma, line of descent, parentage, blood, origin, descent, stock, line
kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, family line, sept, folk, family - people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
side - a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side"
family tree, genealogy - successive generations of kin
2. [画像:ancestry - inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline]ancestry - inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
hereditary pattern, inheritance - (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents
descent, extraction, origin - properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"
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ancestry
noun origin, house, family, line, race, stock, blood, ancestors, descent, pedigree, extraction, lineage, forebears, antecedents, parentage, forefathers, genealogy, derivation, progenitors They can trace their ancestry back to the seventeenth century.
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ancestry
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Translations
سِلْسِلَة السَّلَف وَالأجْداد
původrod
slægt
forfeîur, ætterni
predniki
atalarecdat
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ancestry
[ˈænsɛstri] n (= lineage) → ascendance f
of Japanese ancestry → d'ascendance japonaise
to trace one's ancestry → constituer son arbre généalogique
of Japanese ancestry → d'ascendance japonaise
to trace one's ancestry → constituer son arbre généalogique
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
ancestry
n (= descent) → Abstammung f, → Herkunft f; (= ancestors) → Ahnenreihe f, → Familie f; to trace one’s ancestry → seine Abstammung zurückverfolgen ; of royal ancestry → königlicher Abstammung or Herkunft
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ancestor
(ˈӕnsistə) , ((American) -ses-) – feminine ˈancestress – noun a person who was a member of one's family a long time ago and from whom one is descended. voorouer سَلَف، جَد أعْلى прародител antepassado předek der/die Vorfahr(in) forfader; ane πρόγονος antepasado; antepasada esivanem جد esi-isä ancêtre אָב קָדמוֹן पूर्वज predak ős leluhur forfaðir antenato, avo 祖先 조상 protėvis sencis; priekštecis nenek moyang voorouder stamfar/-mor, forfedre/-mødre przodek نیکه antepassado strămoş предок predok prednik predak förfader บรรพบุรุษ ata, soy, cet 祖先 предок, прабатько آباؤ اجداد tổ tiên 祖先
anˈcestral (-ˈses-) adjective voorouerlik خاص بِالسَّلَف أو الأجْداد прародителски ancestral po předcích Ahnen-... slægts- προγονικός ancestral esivanemailt päritud آبا و اجدادی؛ موروثی perintö- ancestral שֶׁל אָבוֹת קְדוּמִים पैतृक, बपौती predački ősi dari leluhur for-/ættfeðra- ancestrale, atavico 祖先の 조상의 protėvių senču-; priekšteču- nenek moyang voorouderlijk mors-, fars- rodowy پلرونه او نیکونه، میراثی ancestral ancestral наследственный po predkoch ki pripada prednikom, prastar predački som tillhört förfäderna, fäderneärvd ที่สืบต่อมาจากบรรพบุรุษ atalara ait 祖先的 спадковий, родовий آبائی ، موروثی thuộc tổ tiên 祖先的
ˈancestry – plural ˈancestries – noun a line of ancestors coming down to one's parents. He is of noble ancestry. voorgeslagte سِلْسِلَة السَّلَف وَالأجْداد произходи linhagem původ, rod die Abstammung slægt καταγωγή ascendencia, linaje, estirpe sünnipära اصل و نسب؛ تبار sukuperä ascendance ייחוס, מוצא वंश porijeklo származás keturunan forfeður, ætterni ascendenza, lignaggio 家系 가계 kilmė senči; priekšteči; izcelšanās nenek moyang afkomst slekt, ætt, formødre/-fedre, aner ród, pochodzenie اصل او نسب ، ټبر linhagem origine происхождение pôvod izvor poreklo börd วงศ์ตระกูล ecdat, atalar 世系 предки; рід شجرہِ نسب ، حسب نسب dòng dõi 世系
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ancestry
n. ascendencia; extracción étnica, raza; alcurnia.
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