birthright

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• General-American: /ˈbɝθ.ɹaɪt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːθ.ɹaɪt/
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• CMU ARPABET: B ER1 TH R AY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From birth + right. Compare West Frisian berterjocht (“birthright”), Dutch geboorterecht (“birthright”), German Geburtsrecht (“birthright”). Compare also Icelandic frumburðarréttur (“birthright”).

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: e drejtë e lindjes — something that is owed since birth, due to inheritance
• Chinese Mandarin: 傳家寶 /传家宝 (chuánjiābǎo) — something that is owed since birth, due to inheritance
• Ewe: ŋgɔgbevinyenye — something that is owed since birth, due to inheritance
• Finnish: syntymäoikeus — something that is owed since birth, due to inheritance
• German: Geburtsrecht — something that is owed since birth, due to inheritance
• Ido: naskala yuro — something that is owed since birth, due to inheritance
• Ido: naskoyuro — something that is owed since birth, due to inheritance
• Ido: senioryuro — something that is owed since birth, due to inheritance
• Italian: diritto di nascita — something that is owed since birth, due to inheritance
• Japanese: 生得権 — something that is owed since birth, due to inheritance
• Polish: przyrodzone prawo — something that is owed since birth, due to inheritance
• Scottish Gaelic: còir-bhreith — something that is owed since birth, due to inheritance
• Scottish Gaelic: dual — something that is owed since birth, due to inheritance
• Tamil: பிறப்புரிமை (piṟappurimai) — something that is owed since birth, due to inheritance