forerunner in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for forerunner in the English»French Dictionary

forerunner [Brit ˈfɔːrʌnə, Am ˈfɔrˌrənər] N

1. forerunner (predecessor):

forerunner (person)

précurseur m

forerunner (institution, invention, model)

ancêtre m

2. forerunner (sign):

forerunner

signe m avant-coureur

Translations for forerunner in the French»English Dictionary

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précurseur de discipline:

forerunner of

ancêtre (précurseur)

father, forerunner

forerunner in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for forerunner in the English»French Dictionary

forerunner N

1. forerunner (earlier version):

forerunner

précurseur m

2. forerunner (warning sign):

forerunner

signe m avant-coureur

Translations for forerunner in the French»English Dictionary

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ancêtre d'un genre artistique

forerunner

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English

Even the immediate forerunners of these wagons were given the name despite their wooden construction.

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It is considered the forerunner of the whole family of rummy games using two packs of cards as one.

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Like a guitar, the orphica could be held on a shoulder strap, thus being an early forerunner of the modern keytar.

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The first town hall was torn down in 1421 to make way for the forerunner to today's town hall.

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Because of his rational realist approach to law, he can also be seen as one of the forerunners of the sociology of law.

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The library was founded in 1802 (with its forerunner from 1632).

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About forerunners in the field of philosophy there are as well different opinions.

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By the 1980s, they evolved into one of the forerunners of the gothic rock genre.

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