Grammatical class

Noun

ancêtre

forefather; ancestor

Details

Syllables

an-cê-tre

Phonetics

ɑ̃.sɛtʁ

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

7483

Freq. (movies)

13336

Freq. (news)

17128

Sentences

Je suis ton ancêtre.

I'm your ancestor.

A1

Tom croit que son ancêtre était un Goth.

Tom believes his ancestor was a Goth.

B1

Tous les humains sur Terre sont issus d'un ancêtre commun.

All humans on Earth are descended from a common ancestor.

B1

Le proto-slave est l'ancêtre commun de toutes les langues slaves.

Proto-Slavic is the common ancestor of all Slavic languages.

B2

Une proto-langue est l'ancêtre commun d'un groupe de langues ou de dialectes.

A proto-language is the common ancestor of a group of languages or dialects.

B2