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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "praotéc",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "праоте́ц"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prarodítel",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "прароди́тел"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "predšestvenik",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "предшественик"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "avantpassat"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ancestre"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "antecessor"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "ccc",
"lang": "Chamicuro",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "ka'nil sheye"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "jou² sin¹",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "祖先"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zǔxiān",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "祖先"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "hendas"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "ecdat"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "předek"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "forfader"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "stamfader"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voorouder"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "praulo"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "esivanem"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "ee",
"lang": "Ewe",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tɔgbui"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "gur",
"lang": "Farefare",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "sɔa"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "gur",
"lang": "Farefare",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "yaaba"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "forfaðir"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "esi-isä"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "esivanhempi"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "ancêtre"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "devanceiro"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "antergo"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "antenado"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "antecesor"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣inaṗari",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "წინაპარი"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Vorfahr"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Vorfahrin"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ahn"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ahne"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ahne"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ahnin"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Urahn"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Urahne"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Urahne"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Stammvater"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Stammmutter"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Familiengründer"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "airiza",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌶𐌰"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "prógonos",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "πρόγονος"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "propátoras",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "προπάτορας"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "prógonos",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "πρόγονος"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "genétēs",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "γενέτης"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pūrvaj",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "पूर्वज"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "ős"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "előd"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "felmenő"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "ancestro"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "leluhur"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "moyang"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sinsear"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sinsearach"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "antenato"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "ascendente"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "avo"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "abiatico"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "progenitore"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"alt": "せんぞ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "senzo",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "先祖"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"alt": "ぞせん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sosen",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "祖先"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"alt": "祖上",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "josang",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "조상"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"alt": "先祖",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seonjo",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "선조"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "ba û bapîr",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "با و باپیر"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "ban pha bu lut",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "ບັນພະບຸລຸດ"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "ban pha bū lut",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "ບັນພະບູລຸດ"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "progenitor"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "progenitrix"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "avus"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ava"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sencis"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sence"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "protėvis"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "predok",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "предок"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "nenek moyang"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "leluhur"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "swb",
"lang": "Maore Comorian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2"
],
"word": "mudzaɗe"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "kohika"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "kahika"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "whātua"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "tīpuna"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "tūpuna"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "kauwheke"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "heinga"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "pūtake"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "pūrvaj",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "पूर्वज"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "mos",
"lang": "Moore",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "yaaba"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "anchêtre"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "forfader"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stamfar"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "forfar"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "nn",
"english": "old",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "forfader"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stamfar"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ancessor"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ieldra"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "otk",
"lang": "Old Turkic",
"roman": "apa",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "𐰯𐰀"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "niyā",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "نیا"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "pīšīniyān",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "پیشینیان"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Väavoda"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "przodek"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "wstępny"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"literary",
"masculine"
],
"word": "antenat"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"literary"
],
"word": "antenatka"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ancestral"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "antepassado"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "predecesor"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "strămoș"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "străbun"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 21 9 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "esivanhempi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "ancêtre"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "devanceiro"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "antergo"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "antenado"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "antecesor"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣inaṗari",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "წინაპარი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Vorfahr"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Vorfahrin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ahn"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ahne"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ahne"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ahnin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Urahn"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Urahne"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Urahne"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Stammvater"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Stammmutter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Familiengründer"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "airiza",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌶𐌰"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "prógonos",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "πρόγονος"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "propátoras",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "προπάτορας"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "prógonos",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "πρόγονος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "genétēs",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "γενέτης"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pūrvaj",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "पूर्वज"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "ős"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "előd"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "felmenő"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "ancestro"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "leluhur"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "moyang"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sinsear"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sinsearach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "antenato"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "ascendente"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "avo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "abiatico"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "progenitore"
},
{
"alt": "せんぞ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "senzo",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "先祖"
},
{
"alt": "ぞせん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sosen",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "祖先"
},
{
"alt": "祖上",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "josang",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "조상"
},
{
"alt": "先祖",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seonjo",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "선조"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "ba û bapîr",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "با و باپیر"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "ban pha bu lut",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "ບັນພະບຸລຸດ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "ban pha bū lut",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "ບັນພະບູລຸດ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "progenitor"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "progenitrix"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "avus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ava"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sencis"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sence"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "protėvis"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "predok",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "предок"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "nenek moyang"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "leluhur"
},
{
"code": "swb",
"lang": "Maore Comorian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2"
],
"word": "mudzaɗe"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "kohika"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "kahika"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "whātua"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "tīpuna"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "tūpuna"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "kauwheke"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "heinga"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "pūtake"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "pūrvaj",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "पूर्वज"
},
{
"code": "mos",
"lang": "Moore",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "yaaba"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "anchêtre"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "forfader"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stamfar"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "forfar"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"english": "old",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "forfader"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stamfar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ancessor"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ieldra"
},
{
"code": "otk",
"lang": "Old Turkic",
"roman": "apa",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "𐰯𐰀"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "niyā",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "نیا"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "pīšīniyān",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "پیشینیان"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Väavoda"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "przodek"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "wstępny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"literary",
"masculine"
],
"word": "antenat"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"literary"
],
"word": "antenatka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ancestral"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "antepassado"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "predecesor"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "strămoș"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "străbun"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prédok",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "пре́док"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prarodítelʹ",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "прароди́тель"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "práščur",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пра́щур"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "praotéc",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "праоте́ц"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sinnsear"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "предак"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "праотац"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "претка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "предкиња"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "прамајка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "прародитељ"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "predak"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "praotac"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "pretka"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "predkinja"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "pramajka"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "praroditelj"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "mutun mittō",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "මුතුන් මිත්තෝ"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "predok"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"animate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "prédnik"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prédnica"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ancestro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "antepasado"
},
{
"code": "srn",
"lang": "Sranan Tongo",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "awo"
},
{
"code": "su",
"lang": "Sundanese",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "karuhun"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2"
],
"word": "mhenga"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "förfader"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "ban-pá-bù-rùt",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "บรรพบุรุษ"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "บรรพชน"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "ต้นตระกูล"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "บรรพสตรี"
},
{
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "tambaran"
},
{
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "tumbuna"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "ata"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prédok",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пре́док"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "práščur",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пра́щур"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "práščurka",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пра́щурка"
},
{
"alt": "祖先",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"word": "tổ tiên"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "büröletan"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hibüröletan"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "one from whom a person is descended",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jibüröletan"
},
{
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"code": "de",
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"word": "Vorläufer"
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"sense": "an earlier type",
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"alt": "前身",
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"lang": "Korean",
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"word": "원형"
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"ref": "1920, Marie Conway Oemler, The Purple Heights, page 9:",
"text": "Her own grandfather had been a Virginian, a descendant of Pocahontas, of course, Pocahontas having been created by Divine Providence for the specific purpose of ancestoring Virginians.",
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"ref": "1942, William Faulkner, “The Bear”, in Go down, Moses: and other stories, page 281:",
"text": "But he could have completed it: Lucas Quintus Carothers McCaslin Beauchamp. Last surviving sone and child of Tomey's Terrel and Tennie Beauchamp. March 17, 1874 except that there was no need: not Lucius Quintus &c &c &c, but Lucas Quintus, not refusing to be called Lucius, because he simply eliminated that word from the name; not denying, declining the name itself, because he used three quarters of it; but simply taking the name and changing, altering it, making it no longer the white man's but his own , by himself composed, himself selfprogenitive and nominate, by himself ancestored, as, for all the old ledgers recorded to the contrary, old Carothers himself was",
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"ref": "2006, Richard T. Hull, Presidential Addresses of the American Philosophical Association, 1951-1960:",
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{
"ref": "2010, Peter Loptson, Reality: Fundamental Topics in Metaphysics, →ISBN, page 171:",
"text": "How, that is, could ancestoring Elizabeth become a relational property of James's, when there was, when Elizabeth began to exist, no James to have this property?",
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