hereditary
English
Etymology
From Latin hereditarius, from hereditas 'inheritance', from heres 'heir'
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /həˈɹɛdɪt(ə)ɹi/
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Adjective
hereditary (comparative more hereditary, superlative most hereditary)
- Passed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate.
- 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.
- Of a person: holding a legally hereditary title or rank.
- hereditary rulers
- Of a disease or trait: passed from a parent to offspring in the genes
- Haemophilia is hereditary in his family.
- (mathematics) Of a ring: such that all submodules of projective modules over the ring are also projective.
Derived terms
- hereditarily
- hereditariness
- hereditary disease
- hereditary elliptocytosis
- hereditary mechanics
- hereditary peer
- inhereditary
- nonhereditary
- semihereditary
Related terms
- see heir
Translations
which is passed on as inheritance
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of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death
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of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank
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of a disease or trait: passed in the genes
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