pedigree
See also: pédigrée
English edit
Etymology edit
From Anglo-Norman pé de grue, a variant of Old French pié de gru (“foot of a crane”), from Latin pes (“foot”) + grus (“crane”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pedigree (countable and uncountable, plural pedigrees)
- A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding. [from 15th c.]
- A person's ancestral history; ancestry, lineage. [from 15th c.]
- (uncountable) Good breeding or ancestry. [from 15th c.]
- The history or provenance of an idea, custom etc. [from 16th c.]
- 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 33:
- This connection between sexual and spiritual impurity had an immense pedigree.
- The ancestry of a domesticated animal, especially a dog or horse. [from 17th c.]
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Related terms edit
Translations edit
chart of ancestors
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a person's ancestral history
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good breeding
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Adjective edit
pedigree (comparative more pedigree, superlative most pedigree)
- Having a pedigree.
- Purebred.
Verb edit
pedigree (third-person singular simple present pedigrees, present participle pedigreeing, simple past and past participle pedigreed)
- (transitive) To determine the pedigree of (an animal).
See also edit
Further reading edit
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “pedigree”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pedigree m (plural pedigrees)
- Alternative spelling of pédigrée (“pedigree”)
Further reading edit
- “pedigree”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English pedigree.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pedigree m (plural pedigrees)
- pedigree (chart of ancestors, showing the breed of an animal)
Adjective edit
pedigree (invariable)
Romanian edit
Noun edit
pedigree n (plural pedigreeuri)
- Alternative form of pedigri
Declension edit
Declension of pedigree
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) pedigree | pedigreeul | (niște) pedigreeuri | pedigreeurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) pedigree | pedigreeului | (unor) pedigreeuri | pedigreeurilor |
vocative | pedigreeule | pedigreeurilor |
Spanish edit
Noun edit
pedigree m (plural pedigrees)