heiress

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• /ɛəˈɹɛs/
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Etymology tree English heir Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-ih2der. Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa)bor. Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English heiress From heir + -ess.

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: وَارِثَة (wāriṯa) — a woman who stands to inherit
• Belarusian: насле́дніца (nasljédnica) — a woman who stands to inherit
• Bulgarian: насле́дничка (naslédnička) — a woman who stands to inherit
• Czech: dědička — a woman who stands to inherit
• Danish: arving — a woman who stands to inherit
• Estonian: pärijanna — a woman who stands to inherit
• Estonian: pärija — a woman who stands to inherit
• Finnish: perijätär — a woman who stands to inherit
• French: héritière — a woman who stands to inherit
• French: successeuse — a woman who stands to inherit
• French: successrice — a woman who stands to inherit
• Georgian: მემკვიდრე (memḳvidre) — a woman who stands to inherit
• German: Erbin — a woman who stands to inherit
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌾𐍉 (arbjō) — a woman who stands to inherit
• Irish: banoidhre — a woman who stands to inherit
• Italian: ereditiera — a woman who stands to inherit
• Japanese: 世継ぎ (yotsugi) — a woman who stands to inherit
• Latin: hēres — a woman who stands to inherit
• Latvian: mantiniece — a woman who stands to inherit
• Lithuanian: paveldėtoja — a woman who stands to inherit
• Macedonian: наследничка (naslednička) — a woman who stands to inherit
• Polish: dziedzicka — a woman who stands to inherit
• Polish: spadkobierczyni — a woman who stands to inherit
• Polish: sukcesorka — a woman who stands to inherit
• Portuguese: herdeira — a woman who stands to inherit
• Romanian: moștenitoare — a woman who stands to inherit
• Russian: насле́дница (naslédnica) — a woman who stands to inherit
• Russian: прее́мница (prejémnica) — a woman who stands to inherit
• Scottish Gaelic: ban-oighre — a woman who stands to inherit
• Serbo-Croatian: на́следница — a woman who stands to inherit
• Serbo-Croatian: на́сљедница — a woman who stands to inherit
• Serbo-Croatian: následnica — a woman who stands to inherit
• Serbo-Croatian: násljednica — a woman who stands to inherit
• Slovak: dedička — a woman who stands to inherit
• Slovene: dedinja — a woman who stands to inherit
• Slovene: naslednica — a woman who stands to inherit
• Spanish: heredera — a woman who stands to inherit
• Swedish: arvinge — a woman who stands to inherit
• Swedish: arvtagerska — a woman who stands to inherit
• Ukrainian: наслі́дниця (naslídnycja) — a woman who stands to inherit
• Ukrainian: спадкоє́миця (spadkojémycja) — a woman who stands to inherit
• Welsh: aeres — a woman who stands to inherit