Pedigree

English

Adjective

Pedigree (comparative more Pedigree, superlative most Pedigree)

1. Having a pedigree.
2. Purebred.

Noun

Pedigree (plural Pedigrees)

1. A chart, list or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding.
2. (uncountable) Good breeding or ancestry.
3. A history or provenance.

Adjectives for Pedigree

unbroken; feudal; proud.

Thesaurus

Almanach de Gotha, Red Book, Royal Kalendar, Social Register, Stammbaum, ancestry, birth, blood, bloodline, blue book, derivation, descent, directory, extraction, family, family tree, full-blooded, genealogical tree, genealogy, heritage, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigreed, roots, stemma, stock, strain, studbook, thoroughbred, tree

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman pe de gru, a variant of Old French pié de gru (“foot of a crane”), from Latin pedem (“foot”) + gruem (“crane”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpɛd.ɪ.ɡɹi/, SAMPA: /"pEd.I.gri/

Translations

chart of ancestors

Czech: rodokmen (cs) m. Dutch: stamboom (nl) Finnish: sukutaulu (fi) German: Ahnentafel f.

Polish: rodowód m. Slovene: rodovnik (sl) m. Spanish: pedigrí (es) Swedish: antavla

See also

• genealogy