"foremother" meaning in All languages combined

See foremother on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: foremothers [plural]
Etymology: From fore- + mother. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|mother}} fore- + mother Head templates: {{en-noun}} foremother (plural foremothers)
  1. A female ancestor. Translations (a female ancestor): նախամայր (naxamayr) (Armenian), pramatka [feminine] (Czech), pramáti [feminine] (Czech), voormoeder [feminine] (Dutch), Ahne [feminine] (German), Ahnin [feminine] (German), Vorfahrin [feminine] (German), Urahne [feminine] (German), Urmutter [feminine] (German), Stammmutter [feminine] (German), Ahnfrau [feminine, obsolete, possibly] (German), pramatka [feminine] (Polish), antenatka [feminine, literary] (Polish), прама́терь (pramáterʹ) [feminine] (Russian), jibüröletan (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-foremother-en-noun-8wCvE0kf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with fore-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Volapük translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 60 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of 'a female ancestor': 75 25
  2. (figurative) A female predecessor, especially one of an earlier generation. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-foremother-en-noun-gVlj~ZwB Disambiguation of People: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: great great great grandmother

Inflected forms

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