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pedigree en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɛd.ɪ.ɡɹi/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

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”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having a pedigree.
2. (not-comparable) Purebred.

pedigree en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɛd.ɪ.ɡɹi/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

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”).

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

subpedigree · nonpedigree · pedigree clause · pedigree collapse · pedigreeless

Translations (60)

tr silsilename (chart of ancestors) · ta கொடிவழி (a person's ancestral history) · sk rodokmeň (chart of ancestors) · sh rodoslovlje (chart of ancestors) · ta கால்வழி (a person's ancestral history) · bg родословие (a person's ancestral history) · he יִחוּס (chart of ancestors) · sv stamträd (chart of ancestors) · ru родосло́вная (chart of ancestors) · it di razza (good breeding) · fi sukutaulu (chart of ancestors) · ja 系図 (chart of ancestors) · de Ahnentafel (chart of ancestors) · pl rodowód (chart of ancestors) · nl stamboom (chart of ancestors) · es pedigrí (chart of ancestors) · ja 血統 (chart of ancestors) · mh bwij (a person's ancestral history) · it purosangue (good breeding) · nb stamtavle (chart of ancestors) · ota سلسلهنامه (chart of ancestors) · nn stamtavle (chart of ancestors) · mk родосло́вие (chart of ancestors) · non kynkvísl (chart of ancestors) · ta வம்சாவளி (chart of ancestors) · gl fonduxe (chart of ancestors) · ta கிளைவழி (a person's ancestral history) · cmn 家譜 /家谱 (chart of ancestors) · cmn 純種的 /纯种的 (good breeding) · gl liñaxe (chart of ancestors) · sk vyšľachtený (good breeding) · pt pedigree (chart of ancestors) · cs rodokmen (chart of ancestors) · sv antavla (chart of ancestors) · ja 系譜 (chart of ancestors) · sv stamtavla (chart of ancestors) · ms pedigri (chart of ancestors) · ga ginealach (chart of ancestors) · non langfeðgatal (chart of ancestors) · cmn 家譜 /家谱 (a person's ancestral history) · ta கால்வழி (chart of ancestors) · bg родосло́вие (chart of ancestors) · mi kākano (a person's ancestral history) · mi kāwai (chart of ancestors) · fi kantakirja (chart of ancestors) · be радаво́д (chart of ancestors) · cy tras (chart of ancestors) · ta கொடிவழி (chart of ancestors) · sk čistokrvný (good breeding) · fi puhdasrotuisuus (good breeding) · mi kāwei (chart of ancestors) · fi sukuhistoria (a person's ancestral history) · uk родові́д (chart of ancestors) · ta வம்சாவளி (a person's ancestral history) · sh родословље (chart of ancestors) · ru родосло́вие (chart of ancestors) · sl rodovnik (chart of ancestors) · ta கிளைவழி (chart of ancestors) · fr pédigrée (chart of ancestors) · cmn 系譜 /系谱 (chart of ancestors)

pedigree en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɛd.ɪ.ɡɹi/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

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”).

Meanings

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

Forms

Relateds

genealogy