"ancestry" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæn.sɛs.tɹi/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ancestry.wav Forms: ancestries [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English auncestrie, from Old French ancesserie. See ancestor. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|auncestrie}} Middle English auncestrie, {{der|en|fro|ancesserie}} Old French ancesserie Head templates: {{en-noun}} ancestry (plural ancestries)
  1. The state of being ancestors Translations (condition as to ancestors): llinaxe [masculine] (Asturian), ascendencia [feminine] (Asturian), llinatge [masculine] (Catalan), ascendència [feminine] (Catalan), voorouders (Dutch), afstamming (Dutch), ascendance [feminine] (French), xaramea [feminine] (Galician), alcuña [feminine] (Galician), fonduxe [feminine] (Galician), castuaxe [feminine] (Galician), avoenga [feminine] (Galician), tronquidade [feminine] (Galician), ascendencia [feminine] (Galician), liñaxe [feminine] (Galician), Vorfahren [masculine, plural] (German), γενεαλογία (genealogía) [feminine] (Greek), καταγωγή (katagogí) [feminine] (Greek), γενεαλογικό δένδρο (genealogikó déndro) [neuter] (Greek), πρόγονοι (prógonoi) [masculine, plural] (Greek), ascendenza [feminine] (Italian), stirpe (Italian), پروز (parvaz) (Persian), pochodzenie [neuter] (Polish), ascendência [feminine] (Portuguese), родосло́вная (rodoslóvnaja) [feminine] (Russian), происхожде́ние (proisxoždénije) [neuter] (Russian), sinnsearachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), порекло [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), поријекло [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), poreklo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), porijeklo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), postanak [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), preci [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), linaje [masculine] (Spanish), ascendencia [feminine] (Spanish), abolengo (Spanish), alcurnia (Spanish), ach [feminine] (Welsh)
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  2. birth to a noble or high-ranking family, or to someone of honorable descent.
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  3. A series of ancestors; the people from whom one is descended Synonyms: lineage Translations (series of ancestors or progenitors): syntyperä (Finnish), suku (Finnish), esi-isät (Finnish), Vorväter [plural] (German), Ahnen [masculine, plural, singular] (German), avi [masculine, plural] (Italian), antenati [masculine, plural] (Italian), progenitori [masculine, plural] (Italian), कूळ (kūḷ) (Marathi), صوی (soy) (Ottoman Turkish), نسل (nesl) (Ottoman Turkish), przodkowie [masculine, plural] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-ancestry-en-noun-gc0fBoch Disambiguation of 'series of ancestors or progenitors': 33 1 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: provenance, ancestrie [obsolete], auncestrie [obsolete], auncestry [obsolete] Derived forms: coancestry Related terms: ancestor, ancestral

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Alternative forms

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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Marathi translations",
    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
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      "word": "afstamming"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "condition as to ancestors",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sh",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "postanak"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "condition as to ancestors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "linaje"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "condition as to ancestors",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ascendencia"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "condition as to ancestors",
      "word": "abolengo"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "condition as to ancestors",
      "word": "alcurnia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "condition as to ancestors",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ach"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "series of ancestors or progenitors",
      "word": "syntyperä"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "series of ancestors or progenitors",
      "word": "suku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "series of ancestors or progenitors",
      "word": "esi-isät"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "series of ancestors or progenitors",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Vorväter"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "series of ancestors or progenitors",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "singular"
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      "word": "Ahnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "series of ancestors or progenitors",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "avi"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "series of ancestors or progenitors",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "word": "antenati"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "series of ancestors or progenitors",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "word": "progenitori"
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    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "kūḷ",
      "sense": "series of ancestors or progenitors",
      "word": "कूळ"
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    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "soy",
      "sense": "series of ancestors or progenitors",
      "word": "صوی"
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    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "nesl",
      "sense": "series of ancestors or progenitors",
      "word": "نسل"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "series of ancestors or progenitors",
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        "plural"
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      "word": "przodkowie"
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}

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