ancêtre
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French ancestre, ancessor, from nominative case of Latin antecessor. Doublet of antécesseur.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.sɛtʁ/
Audio; “un ancêtre” /ɛ̃.n‿ɑ̃sɛtʁ/ [æ̃.n‿ɒ̃sɛtʁ̥]: (file)
- (Quebec) IPA(key): [ɑ̃sae̯tʁ̥]
Noun
[edit]ancêtre m or f by sense (plural ancêtres)
Further reading
[edit]- “ancêtre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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