Polyglot Dictionary

ancestry

/ˈænsɛstri/

noun B2
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. ascendencia

    • She traced her ancestry back to Ireland.

      Rastreó su ascendencia hasta Irlanda.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

pedigree

Close synonyms for "ancestry, pedigree."

Similar in other languages

German

Abstammung

Abstammung is the German word for the same thing — both mean "ancestry, descent."

Spanish

pedigrí

pedigrí is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "ancestry, pedigree."

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa ancestry?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: She traced her ___ back to Ireland.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a ancestry?

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