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I did a great deal of research to write 'The Irish Duke.' Since all the people in this Lords of the Realm series are real historical characters, everything had to be authentic. I researched Woburn Abbey, where my heroine lived, and everything about Barons Court in Ireland, which was the ancestral home of Abercorn.
Virginia Henley

Meaning of "ancestral" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ANCESTRAL

ancestral  [ænˈsɛstrəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANCESTRAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ancestral can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ANCESTRAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ancestor

An ancestor or forebear is a parent or the parent of an ancestor. Ancestor is "any person from whom one is descended. In law the person from whom an estate has been inherited." Two individuals have a genetic relationship if one is the ancestor of the other, or if they share a common ancestor. In evolutionary theory, species which share an evolutionary ancestor are said to be of common descent. However, this concept of ancestry does not apply to some bacteria and other organisms capable of horizontal gene transfer. Assuming that all of an individual's ancestors are otherwise unrelated to each other, that individual has 2n ancestors in the nth generation before him and a total of about 2g+1 ancestors in the g generations before him. In practice, however, it is clear that the vast majority of ancestors of humans are multiply related. Consider n = 40: the human species is more than 40 generations old, yet the number 240, approximately 1012 or one trillion, dwarfs the number of humans that have ever lived.

Definition of ancestral in the English dictionary

The definition of ancestral in the dictionary is of, inherited from, or derived from ancestors. Other definition of ancestral is a relation that holds between x and y if there is a chain of instances of a given relation leading from x to y. Thus the ancestral of parent of is ancestor of, since x is the ancestor of y if and only if x is a parent of…a parent of…a parent of y.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANCESTRAL


astral
ˈæstrəl
austral
ˈɔːstrəl
cadastral
kəˈdæstrəl
campestral
kæmˈpɛstrəl
dextral
ˈdɛkstrəl
estral
ˈiːstrəl
etonogestrel
ɪˌtɒnəʊˈdʒɛstrəl
kestrel
ˈkɛstrəl
lustral
ˈlʌstrəl
magistral
məˈdʒɪstrəl
minstrel
ˈmɪnstrəl
mistral
ˈmɪstrəl
orchestral
ɔːˈkɛstrəl
rostral
ˈrɒstrəl
semestral
sɪˈmɛstrəl
sequestral
sɪˈkwɛstrəl
sinistral
ˈsɪnɪstrəl
sylvestral
sɪlˈvɛstrəl
trimestral
traɪˈmestrəl
wastrel
ˈweɪstrəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANCESTRAL

ancestor
ancestorial
ancestrally
ancestress
ancestries
ancestry
Anchises
ancho
anchor
anchor ice
anchor ring
anchorage
anchorage dues
anchorage point
anchoress
anchoret
anchoretic
anchoretical
anchorette
anchorite

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANCESTRAL

central
cloistral
colostral
conirostral
curvirostral
dentirostral
diastral
entoplastral
epiplastral
fenestral
fissirostral
gastral
hyoplastral
lamellirostral
latirostral
longirostral
palustral
rectirostral
recurvirostral
serratirostral
tenuirostral

Synonyms and antonyms of ancestral in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ANCESTRAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ancestral» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of ancestral

Translation of «ancestral» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANCESTRAL

Find out the translation of ancestral to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ancestral from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ancestral» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

祖先的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ancestral
570 millions of speakers

English

ancestral
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पैतृक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السلفي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Наследственный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ancestral
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পৈতৃক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ancestral
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nenek moyang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

angestammt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

先祖の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

조상 대대로의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Leluhur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tổ tiên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மூதாதையர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पिढीजात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

atalardan kalma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

avito
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Rodowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спадковий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ancestral
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προγονική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voorvaderlike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ancestral
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

doms
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ancestral

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANCESTRAL»

The term «ancestral» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.435 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANCESTRAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ancestral

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9 QUOTES WITH «ANCESTRAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ancestral.
1
Daniel Boulud
Sauce is certainly ancestral to French cooking. The technique is very tricky, but it's also very fundamental.
2
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Jewish sovereignty and governance over our ancestral home are, I believe, important goals that every Jew ought to support.
3
Roman Coppola
Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.
4
Virginia Henley
I did a great deal of research to write 'The Irish Duke.' Since all the people in this Lords of the Realm series are real historical characters, everything had to be authentic. I researched Woburn Abbey, where my heroine lived, and everything about Barons Court in Ireland, which was the ancestral home of Abercorn.
5
Keith Henson
High status males had multiple wives or additional mating opportunities in the ancestral environment.
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Keith Henson
Evolution acts slowly. Our psychological characteristics today are those that promoted reproductive success in the ancestral environmen.
7
V. S. Naipaul
To be converted you have to destroy your past, destroy your history. You have to stamp on it, you have to say 'my ancestral culture does not exist, it doesn't matter.'
8
Kathy Reichs
Bones tell me the story of a person's life - how old they were, what their gender was, their ancestral background.
9
Margaret Walker
The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the irrational and the collective body of our ancestral memories.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANCESTRAL»

Discover the use of ancestral in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ancestral and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ancestral Lines: The Maisin of Papua New Guinea and the Fate ...
In Ancestral Lines, which is based on 25 years of research among the Maisin people, Barker offers a nuanced understanding of how the Maisin came to reject commercial logging on their traditional lands.
John Barker, 2008
2
Ancestral Passions: The Leakey Family and the Quest for ...
In this fascinating and authoritative work, acclaimed science writer Virginia Morell brings to vivid life the famous and infamous Leakey family, pioneers in the field of paleoanthropology: Louis Leakey, the patriarch, who persisted through ...
Virginia Morell, 2011
3
Unlocking the Canine Ancestral Diet: Healthier Dog Food the ...
Steve Brown, an expert on canine nutrition, shows how you can bring the benefits of the canine ancestral diet to your dog by feeding him differently as little as just one day a week.
Steve Brown, 2009
4
The Nazi Ancestral Proof: Genealogy, Racial Science, and the ...
This is the first detailed study of the operation of the ancestral proof in the Third Reich and the link between Nazi racism and earlier German genealogical practices.
Eric Ehrenreich, 2007
5
Ancestral Connections: Art and an Aboriginal System of Knowledge
Yolngu art as a communication system encoding meaning as form; relation of art to the systems of clan organisation and restricted (secret) knowledge; contact history and social contexts of art production; iconography of clan paintings; ...
Howard Morphy, 1991
6
Ancestral Shadows: An Anthology of Ghostly Tales
This volume demonstrates another compelling side of Kirk -- the imaginative author who could communicate his powerful vision through the dramatic genre of the ghost story.
Russell Kirk, Vigen Guroian, 2004
7
Ancestral Leaves: A Family Journey through Chinese History
Ancestral Leaves follows one family through six hundred years of Chinese history and brings to life the epic narrative of the nation, from the fourteenth century through the Cultural Revolution.
Joseph W. Esherick, 2011
8
Hawaiki, Ancestral Polynesia: An Essay in Historical ...
An anthropological approach to long-term history through detailed reconstruction of the Ancestral Polynesian culture, Hawaiki.
Patrick Vinton Kirch, Roger C. Green, 2001
9
Ancestral Appetites: Food in Prehistory
This book explores the relationship between prehistoric people and their food – what they ate, why they ate it and how researchers have pieced together the story of past foodways from material traces.
Kristen J. Gremillion, 2011
10
Ancestral Portraits: The Colour of My People
As the first book in the Art in Profile series, Ancestral Portraits is a journey into the creative world of one of Canada's up and coming First Nations artists.
Frederick R. McDonald, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANCESTRAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ancestral is used in the context of the following news items.
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Genealogy Today: Adventures visiting ancestral homes
Have you ever visited an area where your ancestors once lived to see if you could find their house? This can make for an interesting trip. «Green Valley News, Jul 15»
2
Prince Diana's and Prince William's north-west ancestral links …
Prince William, second in line to the throne of England, and his late mother Princess Diana, are descendants of the wife of the man who is ... «Derry Now, Jul 15»
3
Panel made of cigar bands shows ancestral ingenuity
Being “green” is not a new idea. Our ancestors recycled and reused precious pieces of fabric, broken dishes and glass, iron, tin and more. «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»
4
Argentina indigenous chieftain leads fight to reclaim ancestral land
Díaz, the chieftain of the Qom indigenous tribe, is leading the fight for the return of his people's ancestral lands in the distant northern province ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
Greek-Americans visit ancestral homeland despite crisis
She thinks the European creditors' demands of her ancestral homeland are too tough. “With the deal they're giving them, Greece cannot ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
6
Aeta tribal leaders assert control on ancestral lands
CLARK FREEPORT -- LEADERS of the different Aeta tribal groups in Clark have asserted that they are in control of their ancestral lands and ... «Sun.Star, Jul 15»
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Independence Day ceremony at ancestral home of first American …
The star-spangled banner was raised again over Washington Old Hall this weekend, to mark American Independence Day. Pupils from John F ... «ITV News, Jul 15»
8
The Ancestral Diet: Should You Eat Like Your Ancestors?
With loads of celebrity enthusiasts and an astounding number of blogs dedicated to it, the Paleo diet might just be the trendiest eating plan in ... «The Cheat Sheet, Jul 15»
9
UP minister transfers his ancestral land to poor man
Setting an example for his colleagues accused of land grabbing, an UP minister has transferred his ancestral land worth crores to a man ... «Deccan Herald, Jul 15»
10
The three ancestral tribes that founded Western civilisation
Perhaps the rumours of strange newcomers were true after all. Certainly the slender stone blade in front of the young Neanderthal had been ... «New Scientist, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Ancestral [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ancestral>. May 2024 ».
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