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 Definitions of pedigree  [ˈpɛd ɪˌgri]  

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Definition of 'pedigree' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) pedigree
an ancestral line; lineage; ancestry.

2.  pedigree
a genealogical record, esp. of a purebred animal.

3.  pedigree
distinguished or pure ancestry.

4.  pedigree
derivation; history.

5. (adj.) pedigree
having established purebred ancestry:
a pedigree collie.

Etymology:  (1375–1425; late ME pedegru < AF; MF pie de grue lit., foot of (a) crane, a fanciful way of describing the appearance of the lines of a genealogical chart)

Definition of 'pedigree' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
the descendants of one individual
"his entire lineage has been warriors"

2. (noun) pedigree
line of descent of a purebred animal

3. (adj) pedigree, bloodline
ancestry of a purebred animal

4. (adj) pedigree(a), pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded, thoroughbred
having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal


Definition of 'pedigree' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) pedigree
a line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; a register or record of a line of ancestors

2. (noun) pedigree
a record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse


Definition of 'pedigree' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  pedigree
The record of descent or ancestry, particularly of a particular condition or trait, indicating individual family members, their relationships, and their status with respect to the trait or condition.


Translation of 'pedigree' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a list of the ancestors from whom a person or animal is descended
a dog's pedigree.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: stamboom Arabic flag Arabic: نَسَب Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: родословие
Brazilian flag Brazilian: genealogia/pedigree Czech flag Czech: rodokmen German flag German: der Stammbaum
Danish flag Danish: stamtavle Greek flag Greek: γενεαλογικό δένδρο Spanish flag Spanish: pedigrí, linaje
Estonian flag Estonian: sugupuu Farsi flag Farsi: شجره نامه Finnish flag Finnish: sukupuu
French flag French: pedigree Hebrew flag Hebrew: שַלשֶלֶת יוֹחֲסִין Hindi flag Hindi: वंशावली, वंशवृक्ष
Croatian flag Croatian: pedigre, rodovnik Hungarian flag Hungarian: pedigré Indonesian flag Indonesian: silsilah
Icelandic flag Icelandic: ættartala Italian flag Italian: genealogia; pedigree Japanese flag Japanese: 系図
Korean flag Korean: 계보 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: genealogija, kilmė Latvian flag Latvian: ģenealoģija, raduraksti
Malay flag Malay: salasilah Dutch flag Dutch: stamboom, stamboek Norwegian flag Norwegian: stamtavle
Polish flag Polish: genealogia Persian flag Persian: شجره نامه Pashto flag Pashto: سجره ( شجره )، نسب نامه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: genealogia Romanian flag Romanian: pedigree; des­cendenţă Russian flag Russian: родословная
Slovak flag Slovak: rodokmeň Slovenian flag Slovenian: rodovnik Serbian flag Serbian: pedigre
Swedish flag Swedish: stamträd, stamtavla Thai flag Thai: เชื้อสายวงศ์ตระกูล Turkish flag Turkish: soy
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 家譜 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: родовід, генеалогія Urdu flag Urdu: شجرۂ نسب
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: phả hệ Chinese flag Chinese: 家谱

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