Phrase guide

intangible cultural heritage

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, or skills, as well as the instruments, objects, artifacts, and cultural spaces that are considered by UNESCO to be part of a place's cultural heritage.

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Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تراث ثقافي غير مادي — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • Armenian: ոչ նյութական մշակութային ժառանգություն (očʻ nyutʻakan mšakutʻayin žaṙangutʻyun) — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • Asturian: Patrimoniu cultural inmaterial de la Humanidá — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • Azerbaijani: qeyri-maddi mədəni irs — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • Basque: gizateriaren kultura ondare immaterial — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • Catalan: patrimoni cultural immaterial de la humanitat — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • Chinese Mandarin: 非物質文化遺產 /非物质文化遗产 (fēiwùzhì wénhuà yíchǎn) — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • Esperanto: Nemateria kultura heredaĵo — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • Estonian: vaimne kultuuripärand — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • Finnish: aineeton kulttuuriperintö — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • French: patrimoine culturel immatériel — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • French: patrimoine culturel immatériel de l'humanité — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • Georgian: არამატერიალური კულტურული მემკვიდრეობა (aramaṭerialuri ḳulṭuruli memḳvidreoba) — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • German: Immaterielles Kulturerbe — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • Greek: Άυλη Πολιτιστική Κληρονομιά (Áyli Politistikí Klironomiá) — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • Hebrew: מורשת תרבותית בלתי מוחשית — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • Hungarian: szellemi kulturális örökség — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • Indonesian: warisan budaya takbenda — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • Italian: patrimonio culturale immateriale — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • Japanese: 無形文化遺産 (mukeibunkaisan) — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • Kashubian: niematerialnô kùlturowô spôdkòwizna — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • Kazakh: материалды емес мәдени мұра (materialdy emes mädeni mūra) — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • Korean: 무형문화유산 (muhyeongmunhwayusan) — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • Korean: 비물질문화유산 (bimuljilmunhwayusan) — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • Malay: warisan budaya tidak ketara — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • Persian: میراث فرهنگی ناملموس — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • Serbo-Croatian: nematerijalna kulturna baština — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • Spanish: patrimonio cultural intangible — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • Spanish: patrimonio cultural inmaterial — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • Thai: มรดกภูมิปัญญาทางวัฒนธรรม — traditions recognized by UNESCO
  • Vietnamese: di sản văn hóa phi vật thể — traditions recognized by UNESCO