🇬🇧🇪🇸 ancestral - ancestral : English Lesson
adjective
Meaning of "ancestral" ("ancestral"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.
If something is ancestral, it has to do with your ancestors—your great‑great‑grandparents and other family members from long, long ago, even before your grandparents were born.
Dad says it’s an ancestral rule that whoever touches the TV remote first becomes ruler of the living room.
Our family’s ancestral recipe for cookies is so old, the instructions say, ‘Bake in a fire, but try not to burn down the castle.’
My ancestral instincts told me to run when I saw my sister holding scissors and offering me a ‘free haircut.’
Grandpa said our ancestral dance is very sacred, but it mostly looks like everyone trying to shake ants out of their pants.
Our ancestral coat of arms should really just be a picture of someone losing their keys and blaming the universe.
She climbed the hill to the ancestral house. Inside, an ancestral chest creaked open to reveal an ancestral locket and ancestral letters. A faded tune — an ancestral song — drifted from the attic. She held the locket, saw a photo of an old smile, and smiled back, feeling whole at last.
🧑🎓 CEFR Level: C2 Proficient
This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.
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