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
• 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)

• Sicilian: riditaru
• 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)

• Sicilian: riditatu, riditaru
• 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)

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

• 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