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Detailed Translations for ancestor from English to French

ancestor:

ancestor [the ~] noun

  1. the ancestor (forefather)
    l'ancêtre
  2. the ancestor (forefather)
    l'ancêtre; l'aïeul
  3. the ancestor (forefather)
    l'aïeul; l'ancêtre principal
  4. the ancestor (patriarch; progenitor; founder)
    l'aïeul; le père originel
  5. the ancestor (ancestor element)
    – In a tree structure, the element of which a given element is a child. Equivalent to a parent element. 1

Translation Matrix for ancestor:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
ancêtre ancestor; ancestor element; forefather progenitor
ancêtre principal ancestor; forefather
aïeul ancestor; forefather; founder; patriarch; progenitor
père originel ancestor; founder; patriarch; progenitor
- antecedent; ascendant; ascendent; root
Not SpecifiedRelated TranslationsOther Translations
élément ancêtre ancestor; ancestor element
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- first ancestor; progenitor

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Related Definitions for "ancestor":

  1. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)2
  2. In a tree structure, the element of which a given element is a child. Equivalent to a parent element.1

Wiktionary Translations for ancestor:

ancestor
noun
  1. one from whom a person is descended
ancestor
Cross Translation:
FromToVia
ancestor ancêtre voorvader — familie|nld mannelijk persoon van wie een volk, een clan of een familie afstamt.
ancestor ancêtre Vorfahr — Lebewesen männlichen oder weiblichen Geschlechts, von denen ein jüngeres Lebewesen abstammt
ancestor aïeux; ancêtre Ahngehoben, meist Plural: Vorfahr, (Plural) Vorfahren einer Gruppe oder eines Volkes