hereditary

English

Etymology

From Latin hērēditārius, from hērēditās (“inheritance”), from hērēs (“heir”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /həˈɹɛdɪt(ə)ɹi/
(General American) IPA^(key): /həˈɹɛdɪˌtɛɹi/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: he‧red‧i‧ta‧ry

Adjective

hereditary (comparative more hereditary, superlative most hereditary)

Passed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate.
Of a title, honor or right: legally granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death.
Duke is a hereditary title which was created in Norman times.
Of a person: holding a legally hereditary title or rank.
hereditary rulers
Of a disease or trait: passed from a parent to offspring in the genes.
Haemophilia is hereditary in his family.
(mathematics) Of a ring: such that all submodules of projective modules over the ring are also projective.

Synonyms

inhereditary

Antonyms

nonhereditary

Derived terms

hereditarily
hereditariness
hereditary disease
hereditary elliptocytosis
hereditary mechanics
hereditary peer
semihereditary

Related terms

see heir

Translations

which is passed on as inheritance

Armenian: ժառանգական (žaṙangakan)
Asturian: hereditariu (ast)
Belarusian: спа́дчынны (be) (spádčynny), спа́дкавы (spádkavy)
Bulgarian: насле́дствен (bg) (naslédstven)
Catalan: hereditari
Chinese:
Mandarin: 遺傳的／遗传的 (zh) (yíchuán de), 遺留的／遗留的 (zh) (yíliú de)
Czech: dědičný (cs)
Danish: arvelig (da)
Dutch: erfelijk (nl)
Finnish: perintö- (fi), perintönä saatu
Georgian: სამემკვიდრეო (samemḳvidreo)
German: erblich (de)
Greek: κληρονομικός (el) (klironomikós)
Ido: heredala (io)
Italian: ereditario (it)
Luxembourgish: ierflech
Macedonian: наследен (nasleden)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: arvelig
Polish: dziedziczny (pl)
Portuguese: hereditário (pt)
Romanian: ereditar (ro)
Russian: насле́дственный (ru) (naslédstvennyj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: на́следан, на́сљедан
Roman: následan, násljedan (sh)
Slovak: zdedený, dedený, dedičný
Slovene: deden (sl)
Spanish: heredado (es), hereditario (es)
Swedish: ärftlig (sv)
Tagalog: manahin
Ukrainian: спадко́вий (spadkóvyj), спадкоє́мний (spadkojémnyj)

of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death

Bulgarian: насле́дствен (bg) (naslédstven)
Catalan: hereditari
Chinese:
Mandarin: 世襲的／世袭的 (zh) (shìxí de)
Czech: dědičný (cs)
Danish: arvelig (da)
Dutch: erfelijk (nl), erf-
Finnish: perinnöllinen (fi)
German: Erb-
Greek: κληρονομικός (el) (klironomikós), προγονικός (el) (progonikós)
Italian: ereditario (it)
Macedonian: наследен (nasleden)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: arvelig
Polish: dziedziczny (pl)
Portuguese: hereditário (pt)
Romanian: ereditar (ro)
Russian: насле́дственный (ru) (naslédstvennyj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: на́следан, на́сљедан
Roman: následan, násljedan (sh)
Slovak: dedičný
Spanish: heredado (es), hereditario (es)

of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank

Dutch: erfelijk (nl), erf-
Finnish: perintö- (fi)
German: Erb-
Greek: κληρονομικός (el) (klironomikós)
Italian: ereditario (it)
Macedonian: наследен (nasleden)
Polish: dziedziczny (pl)
Portuguese: hereditário (pt)
Romanian: ereditar (ro)
Russian: насле́дственный (ru) (naslédstvennyj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: на́следан, на́сљедан
Roman: následan, násljedan (sh)
Slovak: dedičný
Spanish: heredado (es), hereditario (es)

of a disease or trait: passed in the genes

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: спа́дчынны (be) (spádčynny), спа́дкавы (spádkavy)
Bulgarian: насле́дствен (bg) (naslédstven)
Catalan: hereditari
Chinese:
Mandarin: 遺傳的／遗传的 (zh) (yíchuán de)
Czech: dědičný (cs)
Danish: arvelig (da)
Dutch: erfelijk (nl)
Finnish: perinnöllinen (fi)
French: héréditaire (fr)
Georgian: მემკვიდრეობითი (memḳvidreobiti)
German: erblich (de), Erb-
Greek: κληρονομικός (el) (klironomikós)
Ancient: συγγενικός (sungenikós)
Hungarian: örökletes (hu)
Italian: ereditario (it)
Macedonian: наследен (nasleden)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: arvelig
Polish: dziedziczny (pl)
Portuguese: hereditário (pt)
Romanian: ereditar (ro)
Russian: насле́дственный (ru) (naslédstvennyj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: на́следан, на́сљедан
Roman: následan, násljedan (sh)
Slovak: dedičný
Spanish: hereditario (es)
Swedish: ärftlig (sv)
Turkish: ırsî
Ukrainian: спадко́вий (spadkóvyj)

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Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} hereda
French: ^{(please verify)} héréditaire (fr)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} ereditar (ro), ^{(please verify)} moștenit (ro)

Noun

hereditary (plural hereditaries)

A hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the House of Lords.

Anagrams

erythraeid