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quatrayle

quatrayle noun: a great-great-great-grandfather; the grandfather of the grandfather of one's father.

Noun

quatrayle (plural quatrayles)

  1. (rare) A great-great-great-grandfather; the grandfather of the grandfather of one's father.
    • He was the quatrayle of Zaccheus Gould, the New England immigrant.1880, The New England Register, volume 34, New England Historic Genealogical Society, published 1996, page 433
    • This means that two individuals A and B whose most recent common ancestor C is the quatrayle (or great-great-great-grandfather) of the former and the quatrayle of the latter cannot belong to the same lineage, because the genealogical chain linking A to B contains ten degrees of kinship.2012, Oliviu Felecan, Name and Naming: Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives, page 80

quatrayle meaning in Tagalog, Malay, Indonesian and Myanmar

quatrayle in Tagalog

grandfather of one's great-grandparent
lolo sa sakong

quatrayle in Malay

grandfather of one's great-grandparent
cilawagi, cakawari

quatrayle in Indonesian

grandfather of one's great-grandparent
cilawagi, cakawari

quatrayle in Myanmar

grandfather of one's great-grandparent
ဘင် bhang

Forms of quatrayle

pluralquatrayles

Origin of quatrayle

Modified form of quadri- + ayle.

Questions about quatrayle

What does quatrayle mean?
Quatrayle means a great-great-great-grandfather; the grandfather of the grandfather of one's father.
What is quatrayle in Tagalog?
Quatrayle in Tagalog is lolo sa sakong. See Quatrayle meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is quatrayle?
Quatrayle is a noun.
What is the plural of quatrayle?
The plural of quatrayle is quatrayles.

Words near quatrayle in the dictionary

  1. quatrain
  2. quatrains
  3. quatral
  4. quatrals
  5. quatrandorite
  6. quatrayle
  7. quatrayles
  8. quatre
  9. quatre quart
  10. quatre quarts
  11. quatre-quart

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