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Translate forefather from English to French

Summary

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forefather:
- ancêtre; aïeul; ancêtre principal
Wiktionary:
- forefather → aïeul, ancêtre
- forefather → ancêtre, aïeux

English

Detailed Translations for forefather from English to French

forefather:

forefather [the ~] nomen

the forefather (ancestor)
l'ancêtre
- ancêtre [le ~] nomen
the forefather (ancestor)
l'ancêtre; l'aïeul
- ancêtre [le ~] nomen
- aïeul [la ~] nomen
the forefather (ancestor)
l'aïeul; l'ancêtre principal
- aïeul [la ~] nomen
- ancêtre principal [le ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for forefather:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
ancêtre	ancestor; forefather	ancestor; ancestor element; progenitor
ancêtre principal	ancestor; forefather
aïeul	ancestor; forefather	ancestor; founder; patriarch; progenitor
-	father; sire

Related Words for "forefather":

forefathers

Synonyms for "forefather":

father; sire; ancestor; ascendant; ascendent; antecedent; root
predecessor

Related Definitions for "forefather":

the founder of a family¹
- keep the faith of our forefathers¹
person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group¹
- our forefathers brought forth a great nation¹

Wiktionary Translations for forefather:

forefather

noun

ancestor
- forefather → aïeul; ancêtre

forefather

noun

famille|fr Celui de qui l’on descendre par son père ou sa mère.
- ancêtre → ancestor; forefather; ascendant
grand-parent.
- aïeul → forefather; ancestor

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• forefather	→ ancêtre	↔ voorvader — familie\|nld mannelijk persoon van wie een volk, een clan of een familie afstamt.
• forefather	→ aïeux; ancêtre	↔ Ahn — gehoben, meist Plural: Vorfahr, (Plural) Vorfahren einer Gruppe oder eines Volkes

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