different between purebred vs pedigree

English

Etymology

pure +? bred

Adjective

purebred (comparative more purebred, superlative most purebred)

1. Having genuine parents of the same breed, usually of an animal.

Translations

Noun

purebred (plural purebreds)

1. An animal which has genuine parents of the same breed.

Antonyms

• Heinz 57
• mixed breed

Translations

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman pé de grue, a variant of Old French pié de gru (“foot of a crane”), from Latin pes (“foot”) + grus (“crane”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?d.?.??i/

Noun

pedigree (countable and uncountable, plural pedigrees)

1. A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding. [from 15th c.]
2. A person's ancestral history; ancestry, lineage. [from 15th c.]
3. (uncountable) Good breeding or ancestry. [from 15th c.]
4. The history or provenance of an idea, custom etc. [from 16th c.]
   • 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin 2013, p. 33:

     This connection between sexual and spiritual impurity had an immense pedigree.

5. The ancestry of a domesticated animal, especially a dog or horse. [from 17th c.]

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

pedigree (comparative more pedigree, superlative most pedigree)

1. Having a pedigree.
2. Purebred.

Verb

pedigree (third-person singular simple present pedigrees, present participle pedigreeing, simple past and past participle pedigreed)

1. (transitive) To determine the pedigree of (an animal).

See also

• genealogy

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “pedigree”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

French

Noun

pedigree m (plural pedigrees)

1. Alternative spelling of pédigrée (“pedigree”)

Portuguese

Noun

pedigree m (plural pedigrees)

1. pedigree (chart of ancestors, showing the breed of an animal)

Adjective

pedigree (plural pedigree, comparable)

1. purebred; pedigree

Spanish

Noun

pedigree m (plural pedigrees)

1. pedigree