Polyglot Dictionary

estirpe

/esˈtiɾpe/

la noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
las estirpes

Meaning

  1. lineage

    • Es de noble estirpe.

      He is of noble lineage.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

linaje

estirpe and linaje are close synonyms for "lineage, ancestry," interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

French

lignée

lignée is the French word for the same thing — both mean "lineage."

Portuguese

linhagem

linhagem is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "lineage."

Practice

1 What does estirpe mean?

2 Fill the gap: Es de noble ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches estirpe?

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