Ancestor
//ˈæn.sɛs.tɚ//
Translations of "ancestor" (85 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acehnese | indatu(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Afrikaans | voorouer(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | γενέτης(one from whom a person is descended), πρόγονος(one from whom a person is descended) | genétēs, prógonos | |
| Arabic | سَلَف(one from whom a person is descended) | salaf | |
| Armenian | նախահայր(one from whom a person is descended), նախնի(one from whom a person is descended) | naxahayr, naxni | |
| Azerbaijani | ata-baba(one from whom a person is descended), əcdad(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Bashkir | ата-баба(one from whom a person is descended) | ata-baba | |
| Belarusian | про́дак(one from whom a person is descended) | pródak | |
| Breton | gourdad(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Bulgarian | праоте́ц(one from whom a person is descended), прароди́тел(one from whom a person is descended), предше́ственик(an earlier type), предшественик(one from whom a person is descended) | praotéc, prarodítel, predšéstvenik, predšestvenik | |
| Catalan | ancestre(one from whom a person is descended), antecessor(one from whom a person is descended), avantpassat(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Central Kurdish | با و باپیر(one from whom a person is descended) | ba û bapîr | |
| Chamicuro | ka'nil sheye(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 祖先(one from whom a person is descended) | jou² sin¹ | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 祖先(one from whom a person is descended) | zǔxiān | |
| Cornish | hendas(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Crimean Tatar | ecdat(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Czech | předek(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Danish | forfader(one from whom a person is descended), stamfader(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Dutch | voorloper(an earlier type), voorouder(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Esperanto | praulo(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Estonian | esivanem(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Ewe | tɔgbui(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Farefare | sɔa(one from whom a person is descended), yaaba(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Faroese | forfaðir(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Finnish | esi-isä(one from whom a person is descended), esi-isä(an earlier type), esivanhempi(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| French | ancêtre(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Galician | antecesor(one from whom a person is descended), antenado(one from whom a person is descended), antergo(one from whom a person is descended), devanceiro(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Georgian | წინაპარი(one from whom a person is descended) | c̣inaṗari | |
| German | Ahn(one from whom a person is descended), Ahne(one from whom a person is descended), Ahne(one from whom a person is descended), Ahnin(one from whom a person is descended), Familiengründer(one from whom a person is descended), Stammmutter(one from whom a person is descended), Stammvater(one from whom a person is descended), Urahn(one from whom a person is descended), Urahne(one from whom a person is descended), Urahne(one from whom a person is descended), Vorfahr(one from whom a person is descended), Vorfahrin(one from whom a person is descended), Vorgänger(an earlier type), Vorläufer(an earlier type) | — | |
| Gothic | 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌶𐌰(one from whom a person is descended) | airiza | |
| Greek | προπάτορας(one from whom a person is descended), πρόγονος(one from whom a person is descended), πρόγονος(an earlier type) | propátoras, prógonos, prógonos | |
| Hindi | पूर्वज(one from whom a person is descended), पूर्ववर्ती(an earlier type) | pūrvaj, pūrvavartī | |
| Hungarian | előd(one from whom a person is descended), előd(an earlier type), felmenő(one from whom a person is descended), ős(one from whom a person is descended), ős(an earlier type) | — | |
| Ido | ancestro(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Indonesian | leluhur(one from whom a person is descended), moyang(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Irish | sinsear(one from whom a person is descended), sinsear(an earlier type), sinsearach(one from whom a person is descended), sinsearach(an earlier type) | — | |
| Italian | abiatico(one from whom a person is descended), antenato(one from whom a person is descended), ascendente(one from whom a person is descended), avo(one from whom a person is descended), progenitore(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Japanese | 先祖(one from whom a person is descended), 祖先(one from whom a person is descended), 祖先(an earlier type), 語源(a word of origin) | senzo, sosen, sosen, gogen | |
| Judeo-Italian | פַאטֵירוֹ(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Korean | 선조(one from whom a person is descended), 원형(an earlier type), 전신(an earlier type), 조상(one from whom a person is descended) | seonjo, wonhyeong, jeonsin, josang | |
| Lao | ບັນພະບຸລຸດ(one from whom a person is descended), ບັນພະບູລຸດ(one from whom a person is descended) | ban pha bu lut, ban pha bū lut | |
| Latin | ava(one from whom a person is descended), avus(one from whom a person is descended), progenitor(one from whom a person is descended), progenitor(an earlier type), progenitrix(one from whom a person is descended), progenitrix(an earlier type) | — | |
| Latvian | sence(one from whom a person is descended), sence(an earlier type), sencis(one from whom a person is descended), sencis(an earlier type) | — | |
| Lithuanian | protėvis(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Lutuv | nungpaa(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Macedonian | предок(one from whom a person is descended) | predok | |
| Malay | leluhur(one from whom a person is descended), nenek moyang(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Maore Comorian | mudzaɗe(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Māori | heinga(one from whom a person is descended), kahika(one from whom a person is descended), kauwheke(one from whom a person is descended), kohika(one from whom a person is descended), pūtake(one from whom a person is descended), tīpuna(one from whom a person is descended), tūpuna(one from whom a person is descended), whātua(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Marathi | पूर्वज(one from whom a person is descended) | pūrvaj | |
| Middle English | auncestre(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Moore | yaaba(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Norman | anchêtre(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | forfader(one from whom a person is descended), forfader(an earlier type), stamfar(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | forfader(one from whom a person is descended), forfader(an earlier type), forfar(one from whom a person is descended), forfar(an earlier type), stamfar(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Occitan | ancessor(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Old English | ieldra(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Old Turkic | 𐰯𐰀(one from whom a person is descended) | apa | |
| Persian | نیا(one from whom a person is descended), پیشینیان(one from whom a person is descended) | niyā, pīšīniyān | |
| Plautdietsch | Väavoda(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Polish | antenat(one from whom a person is descended), antenatka(one from whom a person is descended), przodek(one from whom a person is descended), wstępny(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Portuguese | ancestral(one from whom a person is descended), ancestral(an earlier type), antepassado(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Romanian | predecesor(one from whom a person is descended), străbun(one from whom a person is descended), strămoș(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Russian | пра́щур(one from whom a person is descended), праоте́ц(one from whom a person is descended), прароди́тель(one from whom a person is descended), пре́док(one from whom a person is descended), пре́док(an earlier type), предше́ственник(an earlier type) | práščur, praotéc, prarodítelʹ, prédok, prédok, predšéstvennik | |
| Scottish Gaelic | sinnsear(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | pramajka(one from whom a person is descended), praotac(one from whom a person is descended), praroditelj(one from whom a person is descended), predak(one from whom a person is descended), predkinja(one from whom a person is descended), pretka(one from whom a person is descended), прамајка(one from whom a person is descended), праотац(one from whom a person is descended), прародитељ(one from whom a person is descended), предак(one from whom a person is descended), предкиња(one from whom a person is descended), претка(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Sinhalese | මුතුන් මිත්තෝ(one from whom a person is descended) | mutun mittō | |
| Slovak | predok(one from whom a person is descended), predok(an earlier type) | — | |
| Slovene | prédnica(one from whom a person is descended), prédnik(one from whom a person is descended), prédnik(an earlier type) | — | |
| Spanish | ancestro(one from whom a person is descended), antepasado(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Sranan Tongo | awo(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Sundanese | karuhun(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Swahili | mhenga(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Swedish | förfader(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Thai | ต้นตระกูล(one from whom a person is descended), บรรพชน(one from whom a person is descended), บรรพบุรุษ(one from whom a person is descended), บรรพสตรี(one from whom a person is descended) | ban-pá-bù-rùt | |
| Tok Pisin | tambaran(one from whom a person is descended), tumbuna(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Tumbuka | sekuru(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Turkish | ata(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Ukrainian | пра́щур(one from whom a person is descended), пра́щурка(one from whom a person is descended), пре́док(one from whom a person is descended) | práščur, práščurka, prédok | |
| Vietnamese | tổ tiên(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Volapük | büröletan(one from whom a person is descended), hibüröletan(one from whom a person is descended), jibüröletan(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Welsh | cyndad(one from whom a person is descended), cyndadau(one from whom a person is descended), hynafiad(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Woiwurrung | liwik(one from whom a person is descended) | — | |
| Yiddish | אָבֿ(one from whom a person is descended) | ov |
indatu
voorouer
ata-baba, əcdad
gourdad
праоте́ц, прароди́тел, предше́ственик, предшественик
praotéc, prarodítel, predšéstvenik, predšestvenik
ancestre, antecessor, avantpassat
ka'nil sheye
hendas
ecdat
předek
forfader, stamfader
voorloper, voorouder
praulo
esivanem
tɔgbui
sɔa, yaaba
forfaðir
esi-isä, esi-isä, esivanhempi
ancêtre
antecesor, antenado, antergo, devanceiro
Ahn, Ahne, Ahne, Ahnin, Familiengründer, Stammmutter, Stammvater, Urahn, Urahne, Urahne, Vorfahr, Vorfahrin, Vorgänger, Vorläufer
előd, előd, felmenő, ős, ős
ancestro
leluhur, moyang
sinsear, sinsear, sinsearach, sinsearach
abiatico, antenato, ascendente, avo, progenitore
פַאטֵירוֹ
ava, avus, progenitor, progenitor, progenitrix, progenitrix
sence, sence, sencis, sencis
protėvis
nungpaa
leluhur, nenek moyang
mudzaɗe
heinga, kahika, kauwheke, kohika, pūtake, tīpuna, tūpuna, whātua
auncestre
yaaba
anchêtre
forfader, forfader, stamfar
forfader, forfader, forfar, forfar, stamfar
ancessor
ieldra
Väavoda
antenat, antenatka, przodek, wstępny
ancestral, ancestral, antepassado
predecesor, străbun, strămoș
пра́щур, праоте́ц, прароди́тель, пре́док, пре́док, предше́ственник
práščur, praotéc, prarodítelʹ, prédok, prédok, predšéstvennik
sinnsear
pramajka, praotac, praroditelj, predak, predkinja, pretka, прамајка, праотац, прародитељ, предак, предкиња, претка
predok, predok
prédnica, prédnik, prédnik
ancestro, antepasado
awo
karuhun
mhenga
förfader
tambaran, tumbuna
sekuru
ata
tổ tiên
büröletan, hibüröletan, jibüröletan
cyndad, cyndadau, hynafiad
liwik
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