inheritance

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• /ɪnˈhɛɹɪtəns/
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Inherited from Middle English enheritaunce, inheritaunce, borrowed from Anglo-Norman, Old French enheritaunce, from enheriter. By surface analysis, inherit + -ance.

136 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: наследяване (nasledjavane) — passing of title
• Chinese Mandarin: 繼承 /继承 (jìchéng) — passing of title
• Czech: dědičnost — passing of title
• Dutch: erfenis — passing of title
• Dutch: nalatenschap — passing of title
• Finnish: periminen — passing of title
• German: Erbschaft — passing of title
• Hindi: उत्तराधिकार (uttarādhikār) — passing of title
• Irish: oidhreacht — passing of title
• Italian: eredità — passing of title
• Kyrgyz: мурас (muras) — passing of title
• Middle English: heritage — passing of title
• Polish: dziedziczenie — passing of title
• Portuguese: herança — passing of title
• Proto-Norse: ᚨᚱᛒᛁᛃᚨ (arbija) — passing of title
• Romanian: moștenire — passing of title
• Russian: насле́дование (naslédovanije) — passing of title
• Scottish Gaelic: oighreachd — passing of title
• Serbo-Croatian: nasleđivanje — passing of title
• Slovak: dedenie — passing of title
• Spanish: herencia — passing of title
• Spanish: heredad — passing of title
• Tagalog: mana — passing of title
• Tagalog: manahan — passing of title
• Ottoman Turkish: میراث (miras) — passing of title
• Ukrainian: спадкува́ння (spadkuvánnja) — passing of title
• Ukrainian: наслі́дування (naslíduvannja) — passing of title
• Arabic: مِيرَاث (mīrāṯ) — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Arabic: إرْثْ (ʔirṯ) — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Arabic: وِرْث (wirṯ) — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Arabic: ورث (wirs, wirṯ) — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Armenian: ժառանգություն (žaṙangutʻyun) — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Avar: ирс (irs) — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Azerbaijani: irs — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Azerbaijani: miras — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Bashkir: мираҫ (miraś) — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Bulgarian: наследство (nasledstvo) — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Catalan: herència — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Chinese Mandarin: 遺產 /遗产 (yíchǎn) — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Ngazidja Comorian: mafa — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Dutch: erfenis — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Dutch: erfdeel — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Egyptian: E9-w-a:t-iwa:Y1 (jwꜥt) — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Esperanto: heredo — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Faroese: ættararvur — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Finnish: perintö — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Finnish: perintöosa — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• French: héritage — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Galician: herdanza — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• German: Erbe — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• German: Erbteil — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌹 (arbi) — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 (hlauts) — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Greek: κληρονομιά (klironomiá) — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Ancient Greek: κληρονομίᾱ (klēronomíā) — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Hindi: उत्तराधिकार (uttarādhikār) — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Hungarian: örökség — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Icelandic: dánargjöf — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Icelandic: arfleifð — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Irish: oidhreacht — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Italian: eredità — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Japanese: 遺産 (isan) — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Kabuverdianu: erdansa — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Kyrgyz: мурас (muras) — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Latin: herctum — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Lithuanian: palikimas — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Macedonian: наследство (nasledstvo) — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Macedonian: оставина (ostavina) — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Maltese: wirt — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Māori: whakareretanga — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Middle English: heritage — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Middle English: enheritaunce — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Old English: ierfe — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Plautdietsch: Oafgoot — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Polish: spadek — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Portuguese: herança — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Romanian: moștenire — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Russian: насле́дство (naslédstvo) — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Sanskrit: रेक्णस् (rekṇas) — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Scottish Gaelic: oighreachd — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Serbo-Croatian: nasledstvo — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Slovak: dedičstvo — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Spanish: herencia — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Spanish: heredad — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Swahili: urithi — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Swahili: mirathi — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Swedish: arv — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Tagalog: mana — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Tagalog: manahan — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Tashelhit: taysi — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Thai: มรดก (mɔɔ-rá-dòk) — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Turkish: miras — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Turkish: bırakıt — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Turkish: tereke — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Ottoman Turkish: میراث (miras) — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Ukrainian: спадок (spadok) — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Ukrainian: спа́дщина (spádščyna) — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Walloon: eritaedje — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Walloon: eritance — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Welsh: etifeddiad — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Welsh: etifeddiadau — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Yiddish: ירושה (yerushe) — that which a person is entitled to inherit
• Bulgarian: наследственост (nasledstvenost) — biological attributes passed to offspring
• Chinese Mandarin: 遗传 (yíchuán) — biological attributes passed to offspring
• Czech: dědičnost — biological attributes passed to offspring
• Dutch: erfelijkheid — biological attributes passed to offspring
• Faroese: ættarbregði — biological attributes passed to offspring
• Finnish: perimä — biological attributes passed to offspring
• German: Erbschaft — biological attributes passed to offspring
• Irish: oidhreacht — biological attributes passed to offspring
• Italian: ereditarietà — biological attributes passed to offspring
• Polish: dziedziczenie — biological attributes passed to offspring
• Portuguese: herança — biological attributes passed to offspring
• Romanian: moștenire — biological attributes passed to offspring
• Romanian: ereditate — biological attributes passed to offspring
• Russian: насле́дование (naslédovanije) — biological attributes passed to offspring
• Spanish: herencia — biological attributes passed to offspring
• Spanish: heredad — biological attributes passed to offspring
• Swahili: urithi — biological attributes passed to offspring
• Swedish: arv — biological attributes passed to offspring
• Ukrainian: спадко́вість (spadkóvistʹ) — biological attributes passed to offspring
• Walloon: eritance — biological attributes passed to offspring
• Chinese Mandarin: 继承 (jìchéng) — programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass
• Czech: dědičnost — programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass
• Dutch: overerving — programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass
• Finnish: perintä — programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass
• French: héritage — programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass
• Italian: ereditarietà — programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass
• Japanese: 継承 (keishō) — programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass
• Polish: dziedziczenie — programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass
• Portuguese: herança — programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass
• Romanian: moștenire — programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass
• Russian: насле́дование (naslédovanije) — programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass
• Slovak: dedičnosť — programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass
• Spanish: herencia — programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass
• Ukrainian: наслідування (nasliduvannja) — programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass