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noun
The identity and nature of one's parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of one's birth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The social quality of one's class in society.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Origin; derivation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the descendants of one individual
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, stemma, stock
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: genealogy, family tree
Narrower terms: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry, side
noun
the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: birth
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: kinship, family relationship, relationship
noun
the state of being a parent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: parenthood
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: adulthood
History
From Middle French, from Old French parentage.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
