Meaning

1 senses

  1. To determine the pedigree of (an animal).

Examples

1 sentences

  1. That 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

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Origin

From Anglo-Norman pé de grue, a variant of Old French pié de gru (“foot of a crane”), from

From 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

pedigrees, pedigreeing, pedigreed, pedigreed
Base formpedigree · to pedigree
3rd person singularpedigrees
Present participlepedigreeing
Past simplepedigreed
Past participlepedigreed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypedigree
he, she, itpedigrees

Past simpleLesson

all personspedigreed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pedigreed
he, she, ithas pedigreed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pedigree

Word family

1 related words
Relatedgenealogy

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pediatricpediatricianpedicureC1peeB2

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