Значение

значений: 9
  1. An ancestor or forbear.

  2. (Индия)A descendant of one's ancestors.

  3. An elderly relative.

  4. A genetic precursor.

  5. A forerunner; One who was involved in an earlier version of something.

  6. An earlier version of something.

  7. The spirit of one's ancestor.

  8. One who follows, honors, or is attracted to an ancestral tradition.

  9. A relationship in which something is a precursor.

Примеры

предложений: 22
  1. A mirror is better than an entire row of ancestral portraits.

    Зеркало лучше целой череды портретов предков. — marafon

    deEin Spiegel ist besser als eine ganze Reihe Ahnenbilder. — Esperantostern

  2. Tom carries a lot of ancestral trauma.

  3. It's impossible to return Native Americans all of their ancestral lands.

    Невозможно вернуть коренным американцам все их исконные земли. — odexed

  4. Should developers be able to run roughshod over smallholders and ancestral dwellings?

  5. Many of the ancestral rites of this tribe have been lost over time.

Происхождение

From Anglo-Norman ancestrel, from ancestre (“ancestor”), equivalent to ancestor + -al.

From Anglo-Norman ancestrel, from ancestre (“ancestor”), equivalent to ancestor + -al.

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Формы

мн. число: ancestrals
Ед. числоancestral
Мн. числоancestrals

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соседние слова
ancestral — значение, примеры, формы, синонимы | Krumeto