Polyglot Dictionary

ancêtre

/ɑ̃.sɛtʁ/

le noun A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les ancêtres

Meaning

  1. ancestor

    • Ses ancêtres ont émigré au dix-neuvième siècle.

      His ancestors emigrated in the nineteenth century.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

racine

Figuratively, racine (root) can mean one's ancestry, close to ancêtre (ancestor).

Similar in other languages

German

Vorfahr

Vorfahr is the German word for the same thing — both mean "ancestor."

Spanish

antepasado

antepasado is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "ancestor."

Portuguese

antepassado

antepassado is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "ancestor."

Practice

1 What does ancêtre mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ses ___ ont émigré au dix-neuvième siècle.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ancêtre?

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