Dictionary

inheritance en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈhɛɹɪˌtəns/
• (US) audio
• /ɪnˈhɛɹɪtəns/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English enheritaunce, inheritaunce, borrowed from Anglo-Norman, Old French enheritaunce, from enheriter. By surface analysis, inherit + -ance.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The passing of title to an estate upon death.
2. (countable) That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion).
3. (especially, uncountable) The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited.
   • The Indo-European languages share various similarities as a result of their inheritance from a common ancestor.
4. (countable, qualifier:genetic algorithms, uncountable) The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.
5. (countable, qualifier:object-oriented programming, uncountable) The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.

Forms

Deriveds

blending inheritance · disinheritance · composition over inheritance · particulate inheritance · coinheritance · noninheritance · inheritance powder · inheritance law · inheritance tax · misinheritance · preheritance · widow inheritance

Hyponyms

dynamic inheritance (Hyponyms (computing)) · static inheritance (Hyponyms (computing)) · classical inheritance (Hyponyms (computing)) · parasitic inheritance (Hyponyms (computing)) · dual inheritance (Hyponyms (computing)) · multiple inheritance (Hyponyms (computing)) · Swiss inheritance (Hyponyms (computing)) · prototypal inheritance (Hyponyms (computing))

Relateds

inheritrix · inheritable · inherit · inheritor · inheritress

Translations (136)

nl erfenis (passing of title) · tr bırakıt (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · ga oidhreacht (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · ru насле́дование (biological attributes passed to offspring) · tl mana (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · sw urithi (biological attributes passed to offspring) · de Erbteil (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · pt herança (biological attributes passed to offspring) · enm heritage (passing of title) · pl dziedziczenie (passing of title) · bg наследство (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · pl dziedziczenie (biological attributes passed to offspring) · ru насле́дование (passing of title) · pt herança (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · pl spadek (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · wa eritance (biological attributes passed to offspring) · cy etifeddiad (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · ru насле́дство (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · el κληρονομιά (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · is dánargjöf (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · az irs (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · pl dziedziczenie (programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass) · got 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · uk спадко́вість (biological attributes passed to offspring) · es herencia (biological attributes passed to offspring) · la herctum (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · sv arv (biological attributes passed to offspring) · es herencia (passing of title) · de Erbe (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · ja 遺産 (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · uk спадкува́ння (passing of title) · fi perintä (programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass) · fr héritage (programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass) · cs dědičnost (biological attributes passed to offspring) · zdj mafa (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · yi ירושה (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · sk dedenie (passing of title) · cmn 继承 (programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass) · bg наследственост (biological attributes passed to offspring) · ja 継承 (programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass) · es heredad (passing of title) · gl herdanza (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · tl mana (passing of title) · hy ժառանգություն (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · av ирс (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · sw mirathi (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · es herencia (programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass) · lt palikimas (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · ang ierfe (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · is arfleifð (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · uk наслідування (programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass) · mt wirt (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · ba мираҫ (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · uk спадок (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · bg наследяване (passing of title) · ga oidhreacht (passing of title) · ro moștenire (passing of title) · cy etifeddiadau (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · wa eritaedje (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · egy E9-w-a:t-iwa:Y1 (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · nl nalatenschap (passing of title) · nl erfdeel (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · tl manahan (passing of title) · de Erbschaft (passing of title) · ro ereditate (biological attributes passed to offspring) · sh nasledstvo (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · gmq-pro ᚨᚱᛒᛁᛃᚨ (passing of title) · mi whakareretanga (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · az miras (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · it eredità (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · ru насле́дование (programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass) · mk наследство (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · ky мурас (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · sh nasleđivanje (passing of title) · nl erfelijkheid (biological attributes passed to offspring) · ky мурас (passing of title) · gd oighreachd (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · tl manahan (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · nl overerving (programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass) · sv arv (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · gd oighreachd (passing of title) · tr miras (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · enm enheritaunce (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · sa रेक्णस् (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · ga oidhreacht (biological attributes passed to offspring) · ar وِرْث (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · fi periminen (passing of title) · mk оставина (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · ro moștenire (programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass) · it ereditarietà (programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass) · de Erbschaft (biological attributes passed to offspring) · fi perimä (biological attributes passed to offspring) · got 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌹 (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · cmn 繼承 /继承 (passing of title) · tr tereke (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · cmn 遺產 /遗产 (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · eo heredo (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · pt herança (passing of title) · kea erdansa (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · pt herança (programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass) · sk dedičnosť (programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass) · ca herència (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · fo ættararvur (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · ro moștenire (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · cmn 遗传 (biological attributes passed to offspring) · nl erfenis (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · ar مِيرَاث (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · hi उत्तराधिकार (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · th มรดก (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · fo ættarbregði (biological attributes passed to offspring) · sw urithi (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · shi taysi (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · it eredità (passing of title) · es heredad (biological attributes passed to offspring) · ota میراث (passing of title) · cs dědičnost (passing of title) · es heredad (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · pdt Oafgoot (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · fi perintö (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · es herencia (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · fr héritage (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · uk спа́дщина (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · cs dědičnost (programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass) · hi उत्तराधिकार (passing of title) · grc κληρονομίᾱ (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · it ereditarietà (biological attributes passed to offspring) · ar إرْثْ (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · fi perintöosa (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · wa eritance (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · sk dedičstvo (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · uk наслі́дування (passing of title) · enm heritage (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · ota میراث (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · acw ورث (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · hu örökség (that which a person is entitled to inherit) · ro moștenire (biological attributes passed to offspring)