heritage

See also: Heritage and héritage

English

Alternative forms

hæritage (archaic)

Etymology

From Old French eritage, heritage, (French héritage), ultimately derived (through suffixation) from Latin hērēs.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɛɹ.ɪ.tɪd͡ʒ/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: her‧i‧tage

Noun

heritage (countable and uncountable, plural heritages)

An inheritance; property that may be inherited.
A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.
A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.
(attributive) Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language.
a heritage speaker; a heritage language
The university requires heritage Spanish students to enroll in a specially designed Spanish program not available to non-heritage students.

Derived terms

heritage language
heritage railway

Related terms

See heir

Translations

property

Armenian: ժառանգություն (hy) (žaṙangutʿyun)
Assamese: ঐতিহ্য (oitihyo)
Azerbaijani: miras (az)
Bashkir: мираҫ (miraθ)
Bulgarian: наследство (bg) n (nasledstvo)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 遺產／遗产 (zh) (yíchǎn)
Czech: dědictví (cs) n
Danish: arv (da) c
Dutch: erfenis (nl) f
Erzya: кадомапель (kadomapelʹ)
Ewe: domenyinu
Finnish: perintö (fi)
French: héritage (fr) m
Galician: herdanza f
Georgian: მემკვიდრეობა (memḳvidreoba)
German: Erbschaft (de) f, Erbe (de) n
Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌹 n (arbi)
Hungarian: örökség (hu)
Irish: oidhreacht f
Italian: eredità (it) f
Japanese: 遺産 (ja) (いさん, isan)
Kazakh: мирас (miras), мұра (mūra)
Korean: 유산(遺產) (ko) (yusan)
Kyrgyz: мурас (muras)
Macedonian: наследство n (nasledstvo)
Norwegian: arv
Plautdietsch: Häakunft f
Polish: spadek (pl) m
Portuguese: herança (pt) f
Romanian: moștenire (ro) f
Russian: насле́дство (ru) n (naslédstvo)
Scottish Gaelic: oighreachd f
Serbo-Croatian: nasledstvo (sh) n, násljēđe (sh) f, baština (sh) f
Slovak: dedičstvo
Spanish: herencia (es) f
Swedish: arv (sv), arvegods (sv)
Telugu: వారసత్వం (te) (vārasatvaṁ)
Thai: มรดก (th) (mɔɔ-rá-dòk)
Turkish: miras (tr)
Vietnamese: di sản (vi) (遺產)
Walloon: eritaedje (wa) m, eritance (wa) f
Welsh: etifeddiaeth f
Zazaki: miras c

tradition

Armenian: ժառանգություն (hy) (žaṙangutʿyun)
Azerbaijani: irs, miras (az)
Bashkir: мираҫ (miraθ)
Bulgarian: традиция (bg) f (tradicija)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 遺產／遗产 (zh) (yíchǎn)
Czech: dědictví (cs) n
Dutch: erfenis (nl) f, erfgoed (nl) n
Esperanto: heredaĵo
Ewe: domenyinu
Finnish: perinne (fi), perimätieto (fi), perintö (fi)
French: héritage (fr) m
Georgian: მემკვიდრეობა (memḳvidreoba)
German: (kulturelles) Erbe (de) n
Irish: oidhreacht f
Italian: eredità (it) f, retaggio (it) m
Ladino: erensya
Macedonian: наследство n (nasledstvo)
Malay: warisan (ms)
Maori: whakareretanga
Polish: dziedzictwo (pl) n, spuścizna (pl) f
Portuguese: herança (pt) f
Romanian: tradiție (ro) f
Russian: насле́дие (ru) n (naslédije)
Scots: heirskip
Scottish Gaelic: dualchas m
Serbo-Croatian: násljēđe (sh) f
Slovak: dedičstvo
Spanish: acervo (es)
Swedish: arv (sv), kulturarv (sv)
Telugu: వారసత్వం (te) (vārasatvaṁ)
Thai: มรดก (th) (mɔɔ-rá-dòk)
Turkish: gelenek (tr), görenek (tr), adet (tr), anane (tr)
Vietnamese: di sản (vi) (遺產)
Walloon: eritance (wa) f
Welsh: treftadaeth f
Zazaki: edet (diq) c

birthright

Ewe: domenyinu, ŋgɔgbevinyenye
Finnish: syntymäoikeus
German: Geburtsrecht n, Erbe (de) n
Irish: oidhreacht f
Ladino: erensya
Macedonian: прворо́дство n (prvoródstvo)
Plautdietsch: Häakunft f
Portuguese: herança (pt) f
Russian: перворо́дство (ru) n (pervoródstvo)
Scottish Gaelic: dual m, còir-bhreith f
Telugu: వారసత్వం (te) (vārasatvaṁ)
Welsh: treftadaeth f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Ido: ^{(please verify)} heredo (io)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} moștenire (ro)