👵ancestress (ansèstresse)

noun
/ˈænsɛstrɪs/
ancêtre féminine (ancetre feminine)

Signification

a female ancestor; a woman from whom one is descended
Traduction de la signification
femme ancêtre dans une lignée familiale
femme ancetre dans une lignee familiale

Phrases d'exemple

She discovered that her ancestress came from a small village in Bengal.

Elle a découvert que son ancêtre féminine venait d’un petit village du Bengale.
elle a decouvert que son ancetre feminine venait dun petit village du bengale

Synonymes

female ancestor, foremother, progenitress, matriarch

Antonymes

descendant, offspring

Collocations

royal ancestress, distant ancestress, maternal ancestress

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