heir apparent

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From Middle English heier apparaunt, a calque translation of Middle French héritier apparent, hence the unusual order of adjective following noun.

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: وَلِيّ عَهْد (waliyy ʕahd) — someone who will definitely inherit
• Belarusian: прастоланасле́днік (prastolanasljédnik) — someone who will definitely inherit
• Belarusian: насле́днік прастола (nasljédnik prastóla) — someone who will definitely inherit
• Belarusian: насле́днік трона (nasljédnik tróna) — someone who will definitely inherit
• Chinese Mandarin: 準繼承人 /准继承人 — someone who will definitely inherit
• Chinese Mandarin: 法定繼承人 /法定继承人 — someone who will definitely inherit
• Chinese Mandarin: 當然繼承人 /当然继承人 — someone who will definitely inherit
• Czech: následník trůnu — someone who will definitely inherit
• Dutch: troonopvolger — someone who will definitely inherit
• Dutch: kroonprins — someone who will definitely inherit
• Dutch: kroonprinses — someone who will definitely inherit
• Finnish: kruununperijä — someone who will definitely inherit
• Finnish: kruununperillinen — someone who will definitely inherit
• French: héritier apparent — someone who will definitely inherit
• French: héritière apparente — someone who will definitely inherit
• German: Thronanwärter — someone who will definitely inherit
• Greek: φυσικός κληρονόμος (fysikós klironómos) — someone who will definitely inherit
• Hindi: उत्तराधिकारी (uttarādhikārī) — someone who will definitely inherit
• Icelandic: ríkiserfingi — someone who will definitely inherit
• Icelandic: óumdeildur arftaki — someone who will definitely inherit
• Indonesian: pewaris takhta — someone who will definitely inherit
• Irish: léiroidhre — someone who will definitely inherit
• Italian: erede apparente — someone who will definitely inherit
• Japanese: 法定推定相続人 (hōtei suitei sōzokujin) — someone who will definitely inherit
• Kazakh: тақ мұрагері (taq mūragerı) — someone who will definitely inherit
• Korean: 법정추정상속인 (beopjeongchujeongsangsogin) — someone who will definitely inherit
• Macedonian: престолонаследник (prestolonaslednik) — someone who will definitely inherit
• Malay: pewaris takhta — someone who will definitely inherit
• Malay: waris ganti — someone who will definitely inherit
• Māori: piki tūranga — someone who will definitely inherit
• Phoenician: 𐤁𐤍 𐤑𐤃𐤒 (bn ṣdq) — someone who will definitely inherit
• Phoenician: 𐤑𐤌𐤇 𐤑𐤃𐤒 (ṣmḥ ṣdq) — someone who will definitely inherit
• Polish: następca tronu — someone who will definitely inherit
• Polish: następczyni tronu — someone who will definitely inherit
• Portuguese: herdeiro aparente — someone who will definitely inherit
• Russian: кронпринц (kronprinc) — someone who will definitely inherit
• Russian: престолонасле́дник (prestolonaslédnik) — someone who will definitely inherit
• Serbo-Croatian: пријестолона́сљеднӣк — someone who will definitely inherit
• Serbo-Croatian: престолона́сљеднӣк — someone who will definitely inherit
• Serbo-Croatian: престолона́следнӣк — someone who will definitely inherit
• Serbo-Croatian: prijestolonásljednīk — someone who will definitely inherit
• Serbo-Croatian: prestolonásljednīk — someone who will definitely inherit
• Serbo-Croatian: prestolonáslednīk — someone who will definitely inherit
• Slovene: prestolonaslednik — someone who will definitely inherit
• Spanish: heredero forzoso — someone who will definitely inherit
• Spanish: heredera forzosa — someone who will definitely inherit
• Spanish: heredero natural — someone who will definitely inherit
• Spanish: heredero aparente — someone who will definitely inherit
• Swedish: tronarvinge — someone who will definitely inherit
• Telugu: కుమారస్వామి (kumārasvāmi) — someone who will definitely inherit
• Thai: ทายาทผู้มีสิทธิโดยตรง (taa-yâat pôo mee sìt-tí doi dtrong) — someone who will definitely inherit
• Welsh: etifedd eglur — someone who will definitely inherit