Forefather

//ˈfɔːˌfɑːðə//

Translations of "forefather" (32 languages)

Language	Translation	Romanization
Ancient Greek	γεννήτωρ(ancestor), προπάτωρ(ancestor), φῡ́σᾱς(ancestor)	gennḗtōr, propátōr, phū́sās
Armenian	նախահայր(ancestor)	naxahayr
Azerbaijani	ata-baba(ancestor)	—
Bulgarian	предтеча(cultural ancestor), предци(ancestor)	predteča, predci
Czech	praotec(cultural ancestor), předek(ancestor)	—
Danish	ane(ancestor), forfader(ancestor)	—
Dutch	voorvader(ancestor)	—
Esperanto	prapatro (M)(ancestor), praulo(ancestor)	—
Finnish	esi-isä(ancestor)	—
French	ancêtre(ancestor), aïeul(ancestor)	—
German	Vorfahre(ancestor)	—
Hindi	पूर्वज(ancestor)	pūrvaj
Italian	antenato(ancestor), ascendente(ancestor), avo(ancestor), progenitore(ancestor)	—
Japanese	前任者(ancestor)	zenninsha
Judeo-Italian	פַאטֵירוֹ(ancestor)	—
Khiamniungan Naga	pàusǜpòu(ancestor), pàusǜpòu(cultural ancestor)	—
Māori	tipuna tāne(ancestor), tupuna tāne(ancestor)	—
Middle English	forfader(ancestor), forme fader(ancestor), fornfader(ancestor)	—
Norwegian Bokmål	forfader(ancestor), stamfar(ancestor)	—
Norwegian Nynorsk	forfader(ancestor), forfar(ancestor), stamfar(ancestor)	—
Old English	ǣrfæder(ancestor)	—
Old Turkic	𐰯𐰀(ancestor)	apa
Plautdietsch	Väavoda(ancestor)	—
Polish	antenat(ancestor), przodek(ancestor)	—
Portuguese	antepassado(ancestor)	—
Russian	пра́щур(ancestor), праоте́ц(ancestor), прароди́тель(ancestor), пре́док(ancestor)	práščur, praotéc, prarodítelʹ, prédok
Spanish	ancestro(ancestor), antepasado(ancestor), ascendiente(ancestor), predecesor(ancestor)	—
Swedish	förfader(ancestor)	—
Tok Pisin	tambaran(ancestor), tumbuna(ancestor)	—
Turkish	ata(ancestor)	—
Ukrainian	пра́щур(ancestor), пре́док(ancestor)	práščur, prédok
Volapük	büröletan(ancestor), hibüröletan(ancestor)	—