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1. (adj.) ancestral
pertaining to ancestors; descending or claimed from ancestors.
2. ancestral
serving as a forerunner or inspiration.
Etymology: (1425–75; late ME < MF)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible
inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
"ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition"
2. (adj) ancestral
of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor
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1. (adj) ancestral
of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate
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Sense: a person who was a member of one's family a long time ago and from whom one is descended.
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 Afrikaans: voorouerlik |
 Arabic: خاص بِالسَّلَف أو الأجْدا |
 Bulgarian: прародителски |
 Brazilian: ancestral |
 Czech: po předcích |
 German: Ahnen-... |
 Danish: slægts- |
 Greek: προγονικός |
 Spanish: ancestral |
 Estonian: esivanemailt päritud |
 Farsi: آبا و اجدادی؛ موروثی |
 Finnish: perintö- |
 French: ancestral |
 Hebrew: שֶׁל אָבוֹת קְדוּמִים |
 Hindi: पैतृक, बपौती |
 Croatian: predački |
 Hungarian: ősi |
 Indonesian: dari leluhur |
 Icelandic: for-/ættfeðra- |
 Italian: ancestrale, atavico |
 Japanese: 祖先の |
 Korean: 조상의 |
 Lithuanian: protėvių |
 Latvian: senču-; priekšteču- |
 Malay: nenek moyang |
 Dutch: voorouderlijk |
 Norwegian: mors-, fars- |
 Polish: rodowy |
 Persian: آبا و اجدادی؛ موروثی |
 Pashto: پلرونه او نیکونه، میراثی |
 Portuguese: ancestral |
 Romanian: ancestral |
 Russian: наследственный |
 Slovak: po predkoch |
 Slovenian: ki pripada prednikom, pra |
 Serbian: predački |
 Swedish: som tillhört förfäderna, |
 Thai: ที่สืบต่อมาจากบรรพบุรุษ |
 Turkish: atalara ait |
 Taiwanese: 祖先的 |
 Ukrainian: спадковий, родовий |
 Urdu: آبائی ، موروثی |
 Vietnamese: thuộc tổ tiên |
 Chinese: 祖先的 |
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