He is of noble ancestry.
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Ancestry
//ˈæn.sɛs.tɹi//
Synonyms for "ancestry" (125 found)
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Strong matches (38)
Related words (62)
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1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
61 translations across 23 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- farefisnia noun (series of ancestors or progenitors)
- prejardhja noun (condition as to ancestors)
Asturian
2 entries- ascendencia noun (condition as to ancestors)
- llinaxe noun (condition as to ancestors)
Catalan
2 entries- ascendència noun (condition as to ancestors)
- llinatge noun (condition as to ancestors)
Dutch
2 entries- afstamming noun (condition as to ancestors)
- voorouders noun (condition as to ancestors)
Esperanto
1 entries- praularo noun (series of ancestors or progenitors)
Finnish
3 entries- esi-isät noun (series of ancestors or progenitors)
- suku noun (series of ancestors or progenitors)
- syntyperä noun (series of ancestors or progenitors)
French
1 entries- ascendance noun (condition as to ancestors)
Galician
4 entries- alcuña noun (condition as to ancestors)
- ascendencia noun (condition as to ancestors)
- avoenga noun (condition as to ancestors)
- castuaxe noun (condition as to ancestors)
German
3 entries- Ahnen noun (series of ancestors or progenitors)
- Vorfahren noun (condition as to ancestors)
- Vorväter noun (series of ancestors or progenitors)
Greek
4 entries- γενεαλογία noun (condition as to ancestors)
- γενεαλογικό δένδρο noun (condition as to ancestors)
- καταγωγή noun (condition as to ancestors)
- πρόγονοι noun (condition as to ancestors)
Italian
4 entries- antenati noun (series of ancestors or progenitors)
- ascendenza noun (condition as to ancestors)
- avi noun (series of ancestors or progenitors)
- progenitori noun (series of ancestors or progenitors)
Marathi
1 entries- कूळ noun (series of ancestors or progenitors)
Middle English
2 entries- auncestrie noun (condition as to ancestors)
- auncestrie noun (series of ancestors or progenitors)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- صوی noun (series of ancestors or progenitors)
- نسل noun (series of ancestors or progenitors)
Persian
1 entries- پروز noun (condition as to ancestors)
Polish
2 entries- pochodzenie noun (condition as to ancestors)
- przodkowie noun (series of ancestors or progenitors)
Portuguese
1 entries- ascendência noun (condition as to ancestors)
Russian
2 entries- происхожде́ние noun (condition as to ancestors)
- родосло́вная noun (condition as to ancestors)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sinnsearachd noun (condition as to ancestors)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- poreklo noun (condition as to ancestors)
- porijeklo noun (condition as to ancestors)
- postanak noun (condition as to ancestors)
- preci noun (condition as to ancestors)
Spanish
4 entries- abolengo noun (condition as to ancestors)
- abolengo noun (series of ancestors or progenitors)
- alcurnia noun (condition as to ancestors)
- ancestría noun (series of ancestors or progenitors)
Welsh
1 entries- ach noun (condition as to ancestors)
Yucatec Maya
1 entries- chʼiʼibal noun (series of ancestors or progenitors)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
He is of Japanese ancestry.
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However, the singer does not deny her ancestry.
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Selena Gomez is of Mexican and Italian ancestry.
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