pedigree
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pedigree
- /ˈpɛd.ɪ.ɡɹi/ UK
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman pé de grue, a variant of Old French pié de gru (“foot of a crane”), from Latin pes (“foot”) + grus (“crane”).
noun pedigrees
- A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding.
- A person's ancestral history; ancestry, lineage.
- Good breeding or ancestry.
- The history or provenance of an idea, custom etc. This connection between sexual and spiritual impurity had an immense pedigree.
- The ancestry of a domesticated animal, especially a dog or horse.
adjective
- Having a pedigree.
- Purebred.
verb pedigrees · pedigreeing · pedigreed
- To determine the pedigree of (an animal).
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: ancestry, bloodline, parentage, lineage, pureblood, purebred, pureblooded, origin, stock, descent, line, thoroughbred, blood, blood line, genealogical, genealogy
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noun chart of ancestors
| Español | pedigrí |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 系図 keizu, 血統 kettō, 系譜 keifu |
| 中文 | 家譜 /家谱 jiāpǔ, 系譜 /系谱 xìpǔ |
| Português | pedigree |
| Français | pédigrée |
| Deutsch | Ahnentafel |
| Русский | родосло́вная rodoslóvnaja, родосло́вие rodoslóvije |
| עברית | יִחוּס yiḥǘs |
noun a person's ancestral history
| 中文 | 家譜 /家谱 jiāpǔ |
|---|
noun good breeding
| 中文 | 純種的 /纯种的 chúnzhǒngde |
|---|---|
| Italiano | di razza, purosangue |
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