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

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Noun

heritage (countable and uncountable, plural heritages)

1. An inheritance; property that may be inherited.
2. A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.
3. A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.
4. (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

• Assamese: ঐতিহ্য (oitihyo)
• Bashkir: мираҫ (miraś)
• Bulgarian: наследство (bg) n (nasledstvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遺產／遗产 (zh) (yíchǎn), 遗产 (zh) (yíchǎn)

• Czech: dědictví (cs) n
• Danish: arv (da) c
• Dutch: erfenis (nl) f
• Erzya: кадомапель (kadomapeľ)
• Ewe: domenyinu
• Finnish: perintö (fi)
• French: héritage (fr) m
• Galician: herdanza f
• Georgian: მემკვიდრეობა (memḳvidreoba)
• German: Erbschaft (de) f, Erbe (de) n
• Hungarian: örökség (hu)
• Irish: oidhreacht f
• Italian: ereditá f
• Japanese: 遺産 (ja) (いさん, isan)
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• Korean: 유산 (ko) (yusan)
• Macedonian: наследство n (nasledstvo)
• Norwegian: arv
• Polish: spadek (pl) m
• Portuguese: herança (pt) f
• Russian: насле́дство (ru) n (naslédstvo)
• Scottish Gaelic: oighreachd f
• Serbo-Croatian: nasledstvo (sh) n, násljēđe (sh) f
• Slovak: dedičstvo
• Spanish: herencia (es) f
• Swedish: arv (sv), arvegods (sv)
• Telugu: వారసత్వం (te) (vārasatvaṁ)
• Thai: มรดก (mɔɔ-rá-dòk)
• Turkish: miras (tr)
• Vietnamese: di sản (vi)
• Walloon: eritaedje (wa) m, eritance (wa) f
• Welsh: etifeddiaeth f
• Zazaki: miras c

tradition

• Bashkir: мираҫ (miraś)
• Bulgarian: традиция (bg) f (tradicija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遺產／遗产 (zh) (yíchǎn), 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: ereditá f, retaggio (it) m
• Ladino: erensya
• Macedonian: наследство n (nasledstvo)
• Malay: warisan
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• 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 (mɔɔ-rá-dòk)
• Turkish: gelenek (tr), görenek (tr), adet (tr), anane (tr)
• Vietnamese: di sản (vi)
• Walloon: eritance (wa) f
• Welsh: treftadaeth f
• Zazaki: edet c

birthright

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

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Translations to be checked

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