Forefather

//ˈfɔːˌfɑːðə//

Synonyms for "forefather" (16 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(1 words)
ancestor

Strong matches (4)

Noun(2 words)
antecedentfather

Related words (8)

Related word relations

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More general

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Related terms

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is a

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related to

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Translations

59 translations across 32 languages.

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Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • γεννήτωρ noun (ancestor)
  • προπάτωρ noun (ancestor)
  • φῡ́σᾱς noun (ancestor)

Armenian

1 entries
  • նախահայր noun (ancestor)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • ata-baba noun (ancestor)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • предтеча noun (cultural ancestor)
  • предци noun (ancestor)

Czech

2 entries
  • praotec noun (cultural ancestor)
  • předek noun (ancestor)

Danish

2 entries
  • ane noun (ancestor)
  • forfader noun (ancestor)

Dutch

1 entries
  • voorvader noun (ancestor)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • prapatro (M) noun (ancestor)
  • praulo noun (ancestor)

Finnish

1 entries
  • esi-isä noun (ancestor)

French

2 entries
  • ancêtre noun (ancestor)
  • aïeul noun (ancestor)

German

1 entries
  • Vorfahre noun (ancestor)

Hindi

1 entries
  • पूर्वज noun (ancestor)

Italian

4 entries
  • antenato noun (ancestor)
  • ascendente noun (ancestor)
  • avo noun (ancestor)
  • progenitore noun (ancestor)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 前任者 noun (ancestor)

Judeo-Italian

1 entries
  • פַאטֵירוֹ noun (ancestor)

Khiamniungan Naga

2 entries
  • pàusǜpòu noun (ancestor)
  • pàusǜpòu noun (cultural ancestor)

Middle English

3 entries
  • forfader noun (ancestor)
  • forme fader noun (ancestor)
  • fornfader noun (ancestor)

Māori

2 entries
  • tipuna tāne noun (ancestor)
  • tupuna tāne noun (ancestor)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • forfader noun (ancestor)
  • stamfar noun (ancestor)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • forfader noun (ancestor)
  • forfar noun (ancestor)
  • stamfar noun (ancestor)

Old English

1 entries
  • ǣrfæder noun (ancestor)

Old Turkic

1 entries
  • 𐰯𐰀 noun (ancestor)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Väavoda noun (ancestor)

Polish

2 entries
  • antenat noun (ancestor)
  • przodek noun (ancestor)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • antepassado noun (ancestor)

Russian

4 entries
  • пра́щур noun (ancestor)
  • праоте́ц noun (ancestor)
  • прароди́тель noun (ancestor)
  • пре́док noun (ancestor)

Spanish

4 entries
  • ancestro noun (ancestor)
  • antepasado noun (ancestor)
  • ascendiente noun (ancestor)
  • predecesor noun (ancestor)

Swedish

1 entries
  • förfader noun (ancestor)

Tok Pisin

2 entries
  • tambaran noun (ancestor)
  • tumbuna noun (ancestor)

Turkish

1 entries
  • ata noun (ancestor)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • пра́щур noun (ancestor)
  • пре́док noun (ancestor)

Volapük

2 entries
  • büröletan noun (ancestor)
  • hibüröletan noun (ancestor)

Sample sentences

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Do you know your forefather?

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The team then was able to find the first evidence of a common amphibious forefather of modern sea cows, hyraxes and elephants that lived 65 million years ago in shallow African waters.

Source: tatoeba (11411226)

Abraham was correct and the forefather of many.

Source: tatoeba (13242931)

Abraham was the common forefather of the Jews and Arabs.

Source: tatoeba (13741061)

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