"ancestress" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈæn.sɛs.tɹəs/, /ˈæn.sɛs.tɹɪs/ Forms: ancestresses [plural]
enPR: ănʹsĕs-trəs, ănʹsĕs-trĭs Etymology: ancestor + -ess Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ancestor|ess}} ancestor + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} ancestress (plural ancestresses)
  1. A female ancestor. Translations (female ancestor): esiäiti (Finnish), Vorfahrin [feminine] (German), Ahnin [feminine] (German), genetrix [feminine] (Latin), whāwhārua (Maori), przodkini [feminine] (Polish), antenatka [feminine, literary] (Polish), ancestral [feminine] (Portuguese), progenitora [feminine] (Portuguese), avoenga [feminine] (Portuguese), పూర్వికురాలు (pūrvikurālu) (Telugu)

Inflected forms

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