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