pedigree
French, noun
pedigree is spelled P-E-D-I-G-R-E-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 39,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pedigree is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of pédigrée (“pedigree”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, pédigrée is a different word: “pedigree”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Généalogie, en parlant des animaux, spécialement des chevaux, des chiens ou des chats”.
What does pedigree mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of pédigrée (“pedigree”)
noun
- 1
masculinepedigree
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Généalogie, en parlant des animaux, spécialement des chevaux, des chiens ou des chats. 2. Ascendance, en parlant d'une personne. 3. Casier judiciaire, antécédents.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de pedigree.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pedigree
- pedigrees plural
- pédigrées plural
- pedigree alternative
- pédigré
- pédigrée
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pedigree
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pedigree in French?
pedigree appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).