Forefather — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the founder of a family

person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fˈɔːɹfɑːðɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/fˈɔːfɑːðə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fˈɔːfɑːðə/

4 syllables Say it as /fˈɔːɹfɑːðɚ/.

Examples

keep the faith of our forefathers
our forefathers brought forth a great nation

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

sire father

Parts of Speech

noun	the founder of a family “keep the faith of our forefathers”
noun	person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group “our forefathers brought forth a great nation”

Word Forms

sire

verb

make children

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Urvater

der Gründer einer Familie

🇫🇷French

ancêtre

le fondateur d'une famille

🇪🇸Spanish

antepasado

el fundador de una familia

🇮🇹Italian

antenato

il capostipite di una famiglia

🇳🇱Dutch

voorvader

de stichter van een gezin

🇵🇹Portuguese

antepassado

o fundador de uma família

🇷🇺Russian

праотец

основатель семьи

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पूर्वज

एक परिवार का संस्थापक

🇧🇩Bengali

পূর্বপুরুষ

একটি পরিবারের প্রতিষ্ঠাতা

🇮🇳Tamil

முன்னோர்

ஒரு குடும்பத்தின் நிறுவனர்

🇮🇳Telugu

పూర్వీకుడు

ఒక కుటుంబ స్థాపకుడు

🇮🇳Marathi

पूर्वज

कुटुंबाचा संस्थापक

🇮🇳Gujarati

વડવા

કુટુંબના સ્થાપક

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪೂರ್ವಜ

ಕುಟುಂಬದ ಸ್ಥಾಪಕ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പൂർവ്വപിതാവ്

ഒരു കുടുംബത്തിൻ്റെ സ്ഥാപകൻ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪੂਰਵਜ

ਇੱਕ ਪਰਿਵਾਰ ਦੇ ਸੰਸਥਾਪਕ

🇵🇰Urdu

باپ دادا

ایک خاندان کے بانی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

祖先

一个家庭的创始人

🇯🇵Japanese

先祖

家族の創設者

🇰🇷Korean

조상

가족의 창시자

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tổ tiên

người sáng lập một gia đình

🇹🇭Thai

บรรพบุรุษ

ผู้ก่อตั้งครอบครัว

🇮🇩Indonesian

nenek moyang

pendiri sebuah keluarga

🇵🇭Filipino

ninuno

ang nagtatag ng isang pamilya

🇲🇾Malay

moyang

pengasas sebuah keluarga

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الجد

مؤسس العائلة

🇮🇷Persian

پدر

بنیانگذار یک خانواده

🇹🇷Turkish

ata

bir ailenin kurucusu

🇮🇱Hebrew

אָב קַדמוֹן

מייסד משפחה

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