hereditary en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /həˈɹɛdɪˌtɛɹi/ (General-American)
- /həˈɹɛdɪt(ə)ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hereditarie, from Latin hērēditārius, from hērēditās (“inheritance”), from hērēs (“heir”).
Meanings
- Passed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate.
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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.
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Of a person: holding a legally hereditary title or rank.
hereditary rulers
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Of a disease or trait: passed from a parent to offspring in the genes.
Xanthuria is an hereditary disorder in which there is an absence of the enzyme xanthine oxidase which interferes with the metabolic breakdown of purines, leading to an increased excretion of xanthine in the urine and to formation of stones.
1985, Urology, volume 2, page 12:Haemophilia is hereditary in his family.
- Of a ring: such that all submodules of projective modules over the ring are also projective.
- Of a property of graphs: such that if G has the property, so must every induced subgraph of G.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more hereditary | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most hereditary | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
hereditarily · semihereditary · nonhereditary · hereditary mechanics · hereditary disease · hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia · hereditary peer · hereditariness · Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy · unhereditary · hereditary elliptocytosis · Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy · hereditarian
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (147)
el προγονικός (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · nl erfelijk (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · fr héréditaire (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · de erblich (which is passed on as inheritance) · cs dědičný (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · de Erb- (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank) · hi वंशानुक्रमिक (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · cmn 遺傳的 /遗传的 (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · pl dziedziczny (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · ca hereditari (which is passed on as inheritance) · sh на́следан (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · sh на́сљедан (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · bg насле́дствен (which is passed on as inheritance) · sk dedičný (which is passed on as inheritance) · hi पैतृक (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · de Erb- (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · sh násljedan (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank) · scn riditatu (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · nb arvelig (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · nb arvelig (which is passed on as inheritance) · sh následan (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · mn ᠤᠳᠤᠮᠰᠢᠯ ᠦᠨ (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · mk наследен (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank) · pl dziedziczny (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank) · pl dziedziczny (which is passed on as inheritance) · es hereditario (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · hi मौरूसी (which is passed on as inheritance) · it ereditario (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · cs dědičný (which is passed on as inheritance) · be спа́дчынны (which is passed on as inheritance) · hi पुश्तैनी (which is passed on as inheritance) · ro ereditar (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank) · nb arvelig (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · sh násljedan (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · bg насле́дствен (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · hi वंशागत (which is passed on as inheritance) · mk наследен (which is passed on as inheritance) · nl erf- (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank) · sk dedičný (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · hi आनुवंशिक (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · hi मौरूसी (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · scn riditaru (which is passed on as inheritance) · hi वंशानुक्रमिक (which is passed on as inheritance) · ca hereditari (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · pl dziedziczny (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · hi पुश्तैनी (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · el κληρονομικός (which is passed on as inheritance) · it ereditario (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank) · da arvelig (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · th เป็นกรรมพันธ์ (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · sh následan (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · it ereditario (which is passed on as inheritance) · hi आनुवंशिक (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · lb ierflech (which is passed on as inheritance) · sh на́следан (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank) · az irsi (which is passed on as inheritance) · mk наследен (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · cmn 世襲的 /世袭的 (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · sk dedený (which is passed on as inheritance) · hi पैतृक (which is passed on as inheritance) · de erblich (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · cmn 遺傳的 /遗传的 (which is passed on as inheritance) · da arvelig (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · fi perinnöllinen (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · nl erfelijk (which is passed on as inheritance) · ru насле́дственный (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · uk спадкоє́мний (which is passed on as inheritance) · fi perinnöllinen (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · fi perintönä saatu (which is passed on as inheritance) · sv ärftlig (which is passed on as inheritance) · ast hereditariu (which is passed on as inheritance) · sl deden (which is passed on as inheritance) · el κληρονομικός (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank) · hi पुश्तैनी (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · sh на́следан (which is passed on as inheritance) · cy etifeddol (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · cmn 遺留的 /遗留的 (which is passed on as inheritance) · uk спадко́вий (which is passed on as inheritance) · be спа́дкавы (which is passed on as inheritance) · sh на́сљедан (which is passed on as inheritance) · tl manahin (which is passed on as inheritance) · sh на́сљедан (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · de Erb- (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · da arvelig (which is passed on as inheritance) · uk спадко́вий (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · hi मौरूसी (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · pt hereditário (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · hi ख़ानदानी (which is passed on as inheritance) · es heredado (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank) · pt hereditário (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank) · hu örökletes (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · el κληρονομικός (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · es heredado (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · pt hereditário (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · scn riditaru (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · es hereditario (which is passed on as inheritance) · hi वंशागत (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · ka სამემკვიდრეო (which is passed on as inheritance) · io heredala (which is passed on as inheritance) · ca hereditari (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · tr ırsî (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · mn удамшлын (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · ro ereditar (which is passed on as inheritance) · bg насле́дствен (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · be спа́дчынны (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · ro ereditar (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · hi ख़ानदानी (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · sh násljedan (which is passed on as inheritance) · ru насле́дственный (which is passed on as inheritance) · cy etifeddol (which is passed on as inheritance) · sk zdedený (which is passed on as inheritance) · grc συγγενικός (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · nl erf- (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · sv ärftlig (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · sh násljedan (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · cs dědičný (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · es hereditario (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · az irsi (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · nl erfelijk (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · hy ժառանգական (which is passed on as inheritance) · sh на́следан (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · cy genynnol (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · hi वंशानुक्रमिक (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · mk наследен (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · hi ख़ानदानी (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · ro ereditar (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · ru насле́дственный (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank) · it ereditario (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · hi आनुवंशिक (which is passed on as inheritance) · sk dedičný (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank) · be спа́дкавы (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · sh на́сљедан (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank) · sk dedičný (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · pt hereditário (which is passed on as inheritance) · fi perintö- (which is passed on as inheritance) · sh následan (which is passed on as inheritance) · es heredado (which is passed on as inheritance) · cy etifeddol (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · fi perintö- (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank) · sh následan (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank) · ka მემკვიდრეობითი (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · nl erfelijk (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank) · ru насле́дственный (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes) · hi पारिवारिक (which is passed on as inheritance) · cy etifeddol (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank) · el κληρονομικός (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death) · es hereditario (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank)