Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - pedigree
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Pedigree
pedigree
~1 n the past family, especially the parents, grandparents etc, of a person or animal, or an official written record of this ~2 adj only before noun a pedigree animal comes from a family that has been recorded for a long time and is considered to be of a very good breed (a pedigree greyhound) (- compare purebred, thoroughbred (1))
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(pedigrees) 1. If a dog, cat, or other animal has a pedigree, its ancestors are known and recorded. An animal is considered to have a good pedigree when all its known ancestors are of the same type. 60 per cent of dogs and ten per cent of cats have pedigrees. N-COUNT 2. A pedigree animal is descended from animals which have all been of a particular type, and is therefore considered to be of good quality. ...a pedigree dog. ADJ: usu ADJ n 3. Someone’s pedigree is their background or their ancestors. Hammer’s business pedigree almost guaranteed him the acquaintance of U.S. presidents... N-COUNT: oft poss N ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle English pedegru, from Anglo-French pe de grue, literally, crane's foot; from the shape made by the lines of a genealogical chart Date: 15th century 1. a register recording a line of ancestors 2. a. an ancestral line ; lineage b. the origin and the history of something; broadly background, history 3. a. a distinguished ancestry b. the recorded purity of breed of an individual or strain • ~d or ~ adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 (often attrib.) a recorded line of descent of a person or esp. a pure-bred domestic or pet animal. 2 the derivation of a word. 3 a genealogical table. 4 colloq. the 'life history' of a person, thing, idea, etc. Derivatives pedigreed adj. Etymology: ME pedegru etc. f. AF f. OF pie de grue (unrecorded) crane's foot, a mark denoting succession in pedigrees PEDIMENT n. 1 a the triangular front part of a building in Grecian style, surmounting esp. a portico of columns. b a similar part of a building in Roman or Renaissance style. 2 Geol. a broad flattish rock surface at the foot of a mountain slope. Derivatives pedimental adj. pedimented adj. Etymology: earlier pedament, periment, perh. corrupt. of PYRAMID ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. родословная, генеалогия 2. происхождение 3. этимология слова both words have the same pedigree —- оба слова имеют одинаковое происхождение ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) родословная, генеалогия 2) происхождение; этимология (слова) 3) attr. племенной (о скоте) Syn: see descent ...Англо-русский словарь
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- early 15c., from Anglo-Fr. pe de gru, a variant of O.Fr. pied de gru "foot of a crane," from L. pedem "foot" + gruem (nom. grus) "crane." On old manuscripts, "descent" was indicated by a forked sign resembling the branching lines of a genealogical chart; the sign also happened to look like a bird's footprint. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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