Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot
- (vanhentunut) ancestour
- (vanhentunut) auncestor
- (vanhentunut) auncestour
Synonyymit
| Käännös | Konteksti | Ääninäyte | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Substantiivit | |||
| 1. | ancêtre {m} | laki |
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| 2. | aïeux {m} |
| |
| 3. | prédécesseur {m} | ||
Määritelmät
Substantiivit
- 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.
- An earlier type; a progenitor
- (legal) One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
- (figuratively) One who had the same role or function in former times.
Esimerkit
- Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.
- This fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.
- The Magpies are unbeaten and enjoying their best run since 1994, although few would have thought the class of 2011 would come close to emulating their ancestors.
Taivutusmuodot
| Monikko | ancestors |