hereditary

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• Received-Pronunciation: /həˈɹɛdɪt(ə)ɹi/
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• General-American: /həˈɹɛdɪˌtɛɹi/
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Inherited from Middle English hereditarie, from Latin hērēditārius, from hērēditās (“inheritance”), from hērēs (“heir”).

147 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: ժառանգական (žaṙangakan) — which is passed on as inheritance
• Asturian: hereditariu — which is passed on as inheritance
• Azerbaijani: irsi — which is passed on as inheritance
• Belarusian: спа́дчынны (spádčynny) — which is passed on as inheritance
• Belarusian: спа́дкавы (spádkavy) — which is passed on as inheritance
• Bulgarian: насле́дствен (naslédstven) — which is passed on as inheritance
• Catalan: hereditari — which is passed on as inheritance
• Chinese Mandarin: 遺傳的 /遗传的 (yíchuán de) — which is passed on as inheritance
• Chinese Mandarin: 遺留的 /遗留的 (yíliú de) — which is passed on as inheritance
• Czech: dědičný — which is passed on as inheritance
• Danish: arvelig — which is passed on as inheritance
• Dutch: erfelijk — which is passed on as inheritance
• Finnish: perintö- — which is passed on as inheritance
• Finnish: perintönä saatu — which is passed on as inheritance
• Georgian: სამემკვიდრეო (samemḳvidreo) — which is passed on as inheritance
• German: erblich — which is passed on as inheritance
• Greek: κληρονομικός (klironomikós) — which is passed on as inheritance
• Hindi: पैतृक (paitŕk) — which is passed on as inheritance
• Hindi: ख़ानदानी (xāndānī) — which is passed on as inheritance
• Hindi: आनुवंशिक (ānuvañśik) — which is passed on as inheritance
• Hindi: वंशागत (vañśāgat) — which is passed on as inheritance
• Hindi: पुश्तैनी (puśtainī) — which is passed on as inheritance
• Hindi: मौरूसी (maurūsī) — which is passed on as inheritance
• Hindi: वंशानुक्रमिक (vañśānukramik) — which is passed on as inheritance
• Hindi: पारिवारिक (pārivārik) — which is passed on as inheritance
• Ido: heredala — which is passed on as inheritance
• Italian: ereditario — which is passed on as inheritance
• Luxembourgish: ierflech — which is passed on as inheritance
• Macedonian: наследен (nasleden) — which is passed on as inheritance
• Norwegian Bokmål: arvelig — which is passed on as inheritance
• Polish: dziedziczny — which is passed on as inheritance
• Portuguese: hereditário — which is passed on as inheritance
• Romanian: ereditar — which is passed on as inheritance
• Russian: насле́дственный (naslédstvennyj) — which is passed on as inheritance
• Serbo-Croatian: на́следан — which is passed on as inheritance
• Serbo-Croatian: на́сљедан — which is passed on as inheritance
• Serbo-Croatian: následan — which is passed on as inheritance
• Serbo-Croatian: násljedan — which is passed on as inheritance
• Sicilian: riditaru — which is passed on as inheritance
• Slovak: zdedený — which is passed on as inheritance
• Slovak: dedený — which is passed on as inheritance
• Slovak: dedičný — which is passed on as inheritance
• Slovene: deden — which is passed on as inheritance
• Spanish: heredado — which is passed on as inheritance
• Spanish: hereditario — which is passed on as inheritance
• Swedish: ärftlig — which is passed on as inheritance
• Tagalog: manahin — which is passed on as inheritance
• Ukrainian: спадко́вий (spadkóvyj) — which is passed on as inheritance
• Ukrainian: спадкоє́мний (spadkojémnyj) — which is passed on as inheritance
• Welsh: etifeddol — which is passed on as inheritance
• Bulgarian: насле́дствен (naslédstven) — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Catalan: hereditari — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Chinese Mandarin: 世襲的 /世袭的 (shìxí de) — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Czech: dědičný — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Danish: arvelig — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Dutch: erfelijk — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Dutch: erf- — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Finnish: perinnöllinen — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• German: Erb- — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Greek: κληρονομικός (klironomikós) — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Greek: προγονικός (progonikós) — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Hindi: ख़ानदानी (xāndānī) — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Hindi: आनुवंशिक (ānuvañśik) — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Hindi: वंशागत (vañśāgat) — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Hindi: पैतृक (paitŕk) — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Hindi: पुश्तैनी (puśtainī) — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Hindi: मौरूसी (maurūsī) — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Hindi: वंशानुक्रमिक (vañśānukramik) — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Italian: ereditario — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Macedonian: наследен (nasleden) — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Norwegian Bokmål: arvelig — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Polish: dziedziczny — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Portuguese: hereditário — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Romanian: ereditar — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Russian: насле́дственный (naslédstvennyj) — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Serbo-Croatian: на́следан — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Serbo-Croatian: на́сљедан — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Serbo-Croatian: následan — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Serbo-Croatian: násljedan — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Sicilian: riditatu — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Sicilian: riditaru — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Slovak: dedičný — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Spanish: heredado — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Spanish: hereditario — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Welsh: etifeddol — of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
• Dutch: erfelijk — of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank
• Dutch: erf- — of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank
• Finnish: perintö- — of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank
• German: Erb- — of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank
• Greek: κληρονομικός (klironomikós) — of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank
• Italian: ereditario — of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank
• Macedonian: наследен (nasleden) — of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank
• Polish: dziedziczny — of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank
• Portuguese: hereditário — of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank
• Romanian: ereditar — of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank
• Russian: насле́дственный (naslédstvennyj) — of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank
• Serbo-Croatian: на́следан — of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank
• Serbo-Croatian: на́сљедан — of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank
• Serbo-Croatian: následan — of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank
• Serbo-Croatian: násljedan — of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank
• Slovak: dedičný — of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank
• Spanish: heredado — of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank
• Spanish: hereditario — of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank
• Welsh: etifeddol — of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank
• Azerbaijani: irsi — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Belarusian: спа́дчынны (spádčynny) — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Belarusian: спа́дкавы (spádkavy) — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Bulgarian: насле́дствен (naslédstven) — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Catalan: hereditari — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Chinese Mandarin: 遺傳的 /遗传的 (yíchuán de) — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Czech: dědičný — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Danish: arvelig — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Dutch: erfelijk — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Finnish: perinnöllinen — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• French: héréditaire — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Georgian: მემკვიდრეობითი (memḳvidreobiti) — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• German: erblich — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• German: Erb- — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Greek: κληρονομικός (klironomikós) — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Ancient Greek: συγγενικός (sungenikós) — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Hindi: ख़ानदानी (xāndānī) — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Hindi: आनुवंशिक (ānuvañśik) — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Hindi: पुश्तैनी (puśtainī) — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Hindi: मौरूसी (maurūsī) — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Hindi: वंशानुक्रमिक (vañśānukramik) — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Hungarian: örökletes — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Italian: ereditario — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Macedonian: наследен (nasleden) — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Mongolian: удамшлын (udamšlyn) — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Mongolian: ᠤᠳᠤᠮᠰᠢᠯ ᠦᠨ (udumsil-ün) — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Norwegian Bokmål: arvelig — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Polish: dziedziczny — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Portuguese: hereditário — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Romanian: ereditar — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Russian: насле́дственный (naslédstvennyj) — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Serbo-Croatian: на́следан — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Serbo-Croatian: на́сљедан — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Serbo-Croatian: následan — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Serbo-Croatian: násljedan — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Slovak: dedičný — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Spanish: hereditario — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Swedish: ärftlig — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Thai: เป็นกรรมพันธ์ — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Turkish: ırsî — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Ukrainian: спадко́вий (spadkóvyj) — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Welsh: etifeddol — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
• Welsh: genynnol — of a disease or trait: passed in the genes