ancestor
One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any…One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather; a forebear.
» We have a common ancestor.
У нас общий предок.
Значение
значений: 5One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather; a forebear.
Vorfahr, Vorfahrin, Ahn
пре́докprédok, прароди́тельprarodítelʹ, пра́щурpráščur
пре́докprédok, пра́щурpráščur, пра́щуркаpráščurka
An earlier type; a progenitor.
This fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.
Vorläufer, Vorgänger
предше́ственникpredšéstvennik, пре́докprédok
One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
(переносно)One who had the same role or function in former times.
A word or phrase which serves as the origin of a term in another language.
Примеры
предложений: 155We have a common ancestor.
У нас общий предок. — marafon
What were our ancestors like?
Какими были наши предки? — Wezel
Where are your ancestors from?
Откуда родом твои предки? — odexed
deWoher sind deine Vorfahren? — Espi
His ancestors went there from Ireland.
Его предки приехали туда из Ирландии. — ae5s
I'm named after one of my ancestors.
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 1
По значениям 2
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Происхождение
From Middle English ancestre, auncestre, ancessour; the first forms from Old French ancestFrom Middle English ancestre, auncestre, ancessour; the first forms from Old French ancestre (modern French ancêtre), from the Latin nominative antecessor (“one who goes before”); the last form from Old French ancessor, from Latin antecessōrem, accusative of antecessor, from antecēdō (“to go before”) + -tor (“-er”), from ante- (“before”) + cēdō (“to go”). See cede, and compare with antecessor.
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Формы
мн. число: ancestorsСинонимы
синонимов: 14- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent):ascendantascendentantecedentroot