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/

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• Hyphenation: he‧red‧i‧ta‧ry

Adjective

hereditary (comparative more hereditary, superlative most hereditary)

1. Passed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate.
2. 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.

3. Of a person: holding a legally hereditary title or rank.

   hereditary rulers

4. Of a disease or trait: passed from a parent to offspring in the genes.

   Haemophilia is hereditary in his family.

5. (mathematics) Of a ring: such that all submodules of projective modules over the ring are also projective.

Synonyms

• inhereditary

Antonyms

• nonhereditary

Derived terms

• Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy
• hereditarily
• hereditariness
• hereditary disease
• hereditary elliptocytosis
• hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
• hereditary mechanics
• hereditary peer
• nonhereditary
• 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) Hindi: ख़ानदानी (xāndānī), आनुवंशिक (hi) (ānuvañśik), वंशागत (hi) (vañśāgat), पुश्तैनी (hi) (puśtainī), मौरूसी (hi) (maurūsī), वंशानुक्रमिक (vañśānukramik) 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) Sicilian: riditaru Slovak: zdedený, dedený, dedičný Slovene: deden (sl) Spanish: heredado (es), hereditario (es) Swedish: ärftlig (sv) Tagalog: manahin Ukrainian: спадко́вий (spadkóvyj), спадкоє́мний (spadkojémnyj) Welsh: etifeddol

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) Hindi: ख़ानदानी (xāndānī), आनुवंशिक (hi) (ānuvañśik), वंशागत (hi) (vañśāgat), पैतृक (hi) (paitŕk), पुश्तैनी (hi) (puśtainī), मौरूसी (hi) (maurūsī), वंशानुक्रमिक (vañśānukramik) 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) Sicilian: riditatu, riditaru Slovak: dedičný Spanish: heredado (es), hereditario (es) Welsh: etifeddol

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) Welsh: etifeddol

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) Hindi: ख़ानदानी (xāndānī), आनुवंशिक (hi) (ānuvañśik), पुश्तैनी (hi) (puśtainī), मौरूसी (hi) (maurūsī), वंशानुक्रमिक (vañśānukramik) Hungarian: örökletes (hu) Italian: ereditario (it) Macedonian: наследен (nasleden) Mongolian: Cyrillic: удамшлын (udamšlyn) Mongolian: ᠤᠳᠤᠮᠰᠢᠯ ᠦᠨ (udumsil-ün) 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) Welsh: etifeddol, genynnol

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

Noun

hereditary (plural hereditaries)

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

See also

• congenital

Anagrams

• erythraeid