adj
Meaning 1
That can legally be inherited.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
heritable
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/ˈhɛɹɪtəbəl/
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CMU ARPABET: HH EH1 R AH0 T AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Genetically transmissible from parent to offspring; hereditary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
capable of being inherited
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- inheritable traits such as eye color
- an inheritable title
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inheritable
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English heritable, from Anglo-Norman heritable; equivalent to herit + -able.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: наследяем (nasledjaem) — able to be inherited
- Czech: dědičný — able to be inherited
- Dutch: overerfbaar — able to be inherited
- Finnish: periytyvä — able to be inherited
- French: héritable — able to be inherited
- German: erblich — able to be inherited
- Manx: yn-eiraghtagh — able to be inherited
- Persian: برماندپذیر (barmāndpazir) — able to be inherited
- Serbo-Croatian: nasljediv — able to be inherited