Meanings
plural pedigrees
- countableuncountableA chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding.First known use 15th c.
- uncountableGood breeding or ancestry.First known use 15th c.
- countableuncountableThe history or provenance of an idea, custom etc.First known use 16th c.
This connection between sexual and spiritual impurity had an immense pedigree.
2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 33 - countableuncountableThe ancestry of a domesticated animal, especially a dog or horse.First known use 17th c.
- not comparableHaving a pedigree.
- not comparablePurebred.
present singular third person pedigrees · participle present pedigreeing · participle past pedigreed · past pedigreed
- transitiveTo determine the pedigree of (an animal).
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal
nounthe hereditary derivation of an individual
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Anglo-Normanpé de grue
- Englishpedigree
From Anglo-Norman pé de grue, a variant of Old French pié de gru (“foot of a crane”), from Latin pes (“foot”) + grus (“crane”).
More words from Anglo-Norman
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian родосло́вие, родословие
- родосло́вие (rodoslóvie)chart of ancestors
- родословие (rodoslovie)a person's ancestral history
Chinese Mandarin 家譜 /家谱, 系譜 /系谱
- 家譜 /家谱 (jiāpǔ)chart of ancestors
- 系譜 /系谱 (xìpǔ)chart of ancestors
- 家譜 /家谱 (jiāpǔ)a person's ancestral history
- 純種的 /纯种的 (chúnzhǒngde)good breeding
Czech rodokmen
- rodokmenchart of ancestors
Dutch stamboom
- stamboomchart of ancestors
Finnish sukutaulu, kantakirja
- sukutauluchart of ancestors
- kantakirjachart of ancestors
- sukuhistoriaa person's ancestral history
- puhdasrotuisuusgood breeding
French pédigrée
- pédigréechart of ancestors
German Ahnentafel
- Ahnentafelchart of ancestors
Hebrew יִחוּס
- יִחוּס (yiḥǘs)chart of ancestors
Irish ginealach
- ginealachchart of ancestors
Italian di razza, purosangue
- di razzagood breeding
- purosanguegood breeding
Japanese 系図, 血統
- 系図 (keizu)chart of ancestors
- 血統 (kettō)chart of ancestors
- 系譜 (keifu)chart of ancestors
Malay pedigri
- pedigrichart of ancestors
Māori kāwai, kāwei
- kāwaichart of ancestors
- kāweichart of ancestors
- kākanoa person's ancestral history
Norwegian Bokmål stamtavle
- stamtavlechart of ancestors
Polish rodowód, genealogia
- rodowódchart of ancestors
- genealogiachart of ancestors
- pochodzeniechart of ancestors
- rodowóda person's ancestral history
- genealogiaa person's ancestral history
- pochodzeniea person's ancestral history
- rasowośćgood breeding
Portuguese pedigree
- pedigreechart of ancestors
Russian родосло́вная, родосло́вие
- родосло́вная (rodoslóvnaja)chart of ancestors
- родосло́вие (rodoslóvije)chart of ancestors
Slovak rodokmeň, vyšľachtený
- rodokmeňchart of ancestors
- vyšľachtenýgood breeding
- čistokrvnýgood breeding
Spanish pedigrí
- pedigríchart of ancestors
Swedish antavla, stamtavla
- antavlachart of ancestors
- stamtavlachart of ancestors
- stamträdchart of ancestors
Tamil கிளைவழி, கொடிவழி
- கிளைவழி (kiḷaivaḻi)chart of ancestors
- கொடிவழி (koṭivaḻi)chart of ancestors
- கால்வழி (kālvaḻi)chart of ancestors
- வம்சாவளி (vamcāvaḷi)chart of ancestors
- கிளைவழி (kiḷaivaḻi)a person's ancestral history
- கொடிவழி (koṭivaḻi)a person's ancestral history
- கால்வழி (kālvaḻi)a person's ancestral history
- வம்சாவளி (vamcāvaḷi)a person's ancestral history
Turkish silsilename
- silsilenamechart of ancestors
Ukrainian родові́д
- родові́д (rodovíd)chart of ancestors
Welsh tras
- traschart of ancestors
Cite this entry
pedigree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedigree
“pedigree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedigree. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pedigree,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedigree.
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