ancêtre
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French ancestre, ancessor, from nominative case of Latin antecessor. Doublet of antécesseur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.sɛtʁ/
Audio; “un ancêtre” /ɛ̃.n‿ɑ̃sɛtʁ/ [æ̃.n‿ɒ̃sɛtʁ̥]: (file)
- (Quebec) IPA(key): [ɑ̃sae̯tʁ̥]
Audio (France (Paris)): (file) Audio (France (Toulouse)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) Audio (France (Somain)): (file)
Noun
ancêtre m or f by sense (plural ancêtres)
Further reading
- “ancêtre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.