aïeul

/a.jœl/

le noun C1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
les aïeuls

Meaning

  1. ancestor, forebear

    • Ses aïeuls venaient d'un petit village breton.

      His ancestors came from a small Breton village.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

racine

Close — English "roots" figuratively means ancestry, just like racine.

Practice

1 What does aïeul mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ses ___ venaient d'un petit village breton.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches aïeul?

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