ancêtre

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ancestre, ancessor, from nominative case of Latin antecessor. Doublet of antécesseur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.sɛtʁ/
  • (France, un ancêtre) IPA^(key): [œ̃.n‿ɑ̃sɛtʁ]
  • (Quebec) IPA^(key): [ɑ̃sae̯tʁ̥]

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Noun

ancêtre m or f by sense (plural ancêtres)

1. forefather; ancestor

Further reading

• “ancêtre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• encarte, encarté