heritage

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See also héritage

English

Alternative forms

• hæritage (archaic)

Pronunciation

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Etymology

French héritage, from Latin hereditas.

Noun

heritage (usually uncountable; plural heritages)

1. An inheritance; property that may be inherited.
2. A tradition; something that can be passed down from preceding generations.
3. A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.
4. (attributive) Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language.

   The university requires heritage Spanish students to enroll in a specially designed Spanish program not available to non-heritage students.

Translations

property

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遺產 (cmn), 遗产 (cmn) (yíchǎn)

• Czech: dědictví (cs) n
• Dutch: erfenis (nl) f
• Ewe: domenyinu
• Finnish: perintö (fi)
• French: héritage (fr) m
• German: Erbschaft (de) f, Erbe (de) n
• Irish: oidhreacht (ga) f
• Macedonian: наследство (mk) (následstvo) n
• Polish: spadek (pl) m

• Portuguese: herança (pt) f
• Russian: наследство (ru) (naslédstvo) n
• Scottish Gaelic: oighreachd (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian: nasledstvo (sh) n, násljēđe (sh) f
• Spanish: herencia (es) f
• Swedish: arv (sv), arvegods (sv)
• Telugu: వారసత్వం (te) (vaarasatvam)
• Turkish: miras (tr)
• Vietnamese: di sản (vi)
• Welsh: etifeddiaeth (cy) f

tradition

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遺產 (cmn), 遗产 (cmn) (yíchǎn)

• Czech: dědictví (cs) n
• Dutch: erfenis (nl) f, erfgoed (nl) n
• Esperanto: heredaĵo (eo)
• Ewe: domenyinu
• Finnish: perinne (fi), perimätieto (fi), perintö (fi)
• French: héritage (fr) m
• German: (kulturelles) Erbe (de) n
• Irish: oidhreacht (ga) f
• Macedonian: наследство (mk) (následstvo) n

• Polish: dziedzictwo (pl) n, spuścizna (pl) f
• Portuguese: herança (pt) f
• Romanian: tradiție (ro) f
• Russian: наследие (ru) (naslédije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: dualchas (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: násljēđe (sh) f
• Swedish: arv (sv), kulturarv (sv)
• Telugu: వారసత్వం (te) (vaarasatvam)
• Turkish: gelenek (tr), görenek (tr), adet (tr), anane (tr)
• Vietnamese: di sản (vi)
• Welsh: treftadaeth (cy) f

birthright

• Ewe: domenyinu, ŋgɔgbevinyenye
• Finnish: syntymäoikeus (fi)
• German: Geburtsrecht (de) n, Erbe (de) n
• Irish: oidhreacht (ga) f
• Macedonian: првородство (mk) (prvoródstvo) n

• Portuguese: herança (pt) f
• Russian: первородство (ru) (pervoródstvo) n
• Scottish Gaelic: dual (gd) m, còir-bhreith (gd) f
• Telugu: వారసత్వం (te) (vaarasatvam)
• Welsh: treftadaeth (cy) f

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Translations to be checked

• Ido: heredo (io)
• Romanian: moștenire (ro)