Genealogy Meaning in English

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US

ˌdʒiniˈɑɫədʒi

jee-nee-AH-luh-jee

UK

dʒˌiːnɪˈælədʒi

jee-ni-AL-uh-jee

التعريف

The study or history of families and the lines of descent, showing how people are related to their ancestors.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Mostly formal or academic, used when talking about family history or ancestry. Common collocations: 'genealogy research', 'family genealogy', 'trace genealogy'. Not the same as 'genetics' (scientific study of DNA).

• Spanish: genealogía
• Portuguese (BR): genealogia
• Portuguese (PT): genealogia
• Chinese (Simplified): 家谱学 - 家谱
• Chinese (Traditional): 家譜學 - 家譜
• Hindi: वंशावली
• Arabic: علم الأنساب
• Bengali: বংশপরিচয় - বংশমূল ইতিহাস
• Russian: генеалогия
• Japanese: 系譜学 - 家系研究
• Vietnamese: phả hệ - gia phả
• Korean: 가계 - 족보
• Turkish: soybilimi - soyağacı
• Urdu: نسب نامہ - شجرہ
• Indonesian: genealogi - silsilah

جمل نموذجية

She studied her family's genealogy to learn more about her ancestors.

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A genealogy chart shows the relationships between family members over generations.

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He has a hobby of researching genealogy online.

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I'm fascinated by genealogy—you never know what interesting relatives you'll discover.

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After months of genealogy research, we finally found our great-grandfather's village.

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More people are getting interested in genealogy thanks to DNA testing.

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