pedigree
A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breedingA chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding.
» That poodle has an immaculate pedigree, with illustrious ancestors on both sides stretching back generations.
Der Pudel hat einen makellosen Stammbaum, mit ruhmreichen Vorfahren auf beiden Seiten Generationen zurückreichend.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding.
Ahnentafel
родосло́внаяrodoslóvnaja, родосло́виеrodoslóvije
родові́дrodovíd
(countable, uncountable)A person's ancestral history; ancestry, lineage.
(uncountable)Good breeding or ancestry.
ancestry of a purebred animal
(countable, uncountable)The history or provenance of an idea, custom etc.
(countable, uncountable)The ancestry of a domesticated animal, especially a dog or horse.
Examples
1 sentencesThat poodle has an immaculate pedigree, with illustrious ancestors on both sides stretching back generations.
deDer Pudel hat einen makellosen Stammbaum, mit ruhmreichen Vorfahren auf beiden Seiten Generationen zurückreichend. — Yorwba
Translations
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Origin
From Anglo-Norman pé de grue, a variant of Old French pié de gru (“foot of a crane”), fromFrom Anglo-Norman pé de grue, a variant of Old French pié de gru (“foot of a crane”), from Latin pes (“foot”) + grus (“crane”).
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Forms
plural: pedigreesSynonyms
12 synonyms- ancestry of a purebred animal:bloodline
- the hereditary derivation of an individual:lineagelineline of descentdescentbloodlineblood linebloodancestry
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable