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ancestral

/anˈsɛstr(ə)l/

US pronunciation
American sound/anˈsɛstr(ə)l/
anˈsɛstrəl
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

an - ˈsɛstrəl -> ancestral

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ဘိုးဘပိုင်။

Full entry

ancestor /'ænsestǝ(r)/ n

၁။ (က) ဘိုးဘေးဘီဘင်။ His ancestors had come to England as refugees. (ခ) ဘိုးအေ။ The mammoth was the ancestor of modern-day elephants.
၂။ ရှေ့ပြေး။ The ancestor of the modern bicycle was called a penny farthing. Compare FORERUNNER
❏ ancestral /æn'sestrǝl/ adj ဘိုးဘပိုင်။ her ancestral home ❍ ancestral species.
❏ ancestry /'ænsestri/ n (usu sing ) မျိုးရိုး။ have a distinguished ancestry ❍ She was proud of her Scottish ancestry.

More examples
  • Her ancestors went to America with the Pilgrims.
  • A game that many see as the ancestor of basketball
  • Their ancestral home
Synonyms
forebear, antecedent, antecessor, ascendant, forefather, foregoer, foremother, forerunner, founder, precursor, predecessor, primogenitor, progenitor, prototype
Antonyms
descendant, successor
Cross references
forebearantecedentantecessorascendantforefatherforegoerforemotherforerunnerfounderprecursorpredecessorprimogenitorprogenitorprototypedescendantsuccessorbicyclecomecomparedayfarthinghadhaveherhishomemammothmodern
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