ancêtre

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ancestre, ancessor, from nominative case of Latin antecessor. Doublet of antécesseur.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.sɛtʁ/
- (France, un ancêtre) IPA^(key): [œ̃.n‿ɑ̃sɛtʁ]
- (Quebec) IPA^(key): [ɑ̃sae̯tʁ̥]
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Noun

ancêtre m or f by sense (plural ancêtres)

forefather; ancestor

Further reading

“ancêtre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

encarte, encarté

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