pedigree

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See also: pédigrée

English

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Etymology

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

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɛd.ɪ.ɡɹi/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

pedigree (countable and uncountable, plural pedigrees)

  1. A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding.
  2. A person's ancestral history; ancestry, lineage.
  3. (uncountable) Good breeding or ancestry.
  4. The history or provenance of an idea, custom etc.
    • 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 33:
      This connection between sexual and spiritual impurity had an immense pedigree.
  5. The ancestry of a domesticated animal, especially a dog or horse.

Derived terms

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ped-‎ (0 c, 57 e)

Translations

Adjective

pedigree (comparative more pedigree, superlative most pedigree)

  1. Having a pedigree.
  2. Purebred.

Verb

pedigree (third-person singular simple present pedigrees, present participle pedigreeing, simple past and past participle pedigreed)

  1. (transitive) To determine the pedigree of (an animal).

See also

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

Noun

pedigree m (plural pedigrees)

  1. Alternative spelling of pédigrée (“pedigree”)

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pedigree.

Pronunciation

Noun

pedigree m (plural pedigrees)

  1. pedigree (chart of ancestors, showing the breed of an animal)

Adjective

pedigree (invariable)

  1. purebred; pedigree

Romanian

Noun

pedigree n (plural pedigreeuri)

  1. Alternative form of pedigri

Declension

Declension of pedigree
singular plural
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

Noun

pedigree m (plural pedigrees)

  1. pedigree
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