Heritage

Noun

 * 1) An inheritance; property that may be inherited.
 * 2) A tradition; something that can be passed down from preceding generations.
 * 3) A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.
 * 4)  Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language.
 * The university requires heritage Spanish students to enroll in a specially designed Spanish program not available to non-heritage students.

Adjectives for Heritage
national; rich; common; splendid; precious; deathless; destined; princely; classic; inalienable; unexpected; useless; noble; sempiternal; dramatic.

Verbs for Heritage
ae—; administer—; allot—; bequeath —; bestow—; bless—; cherish—; claim—; curse—; devolve—; endow—; entitle to—; envy—; execute—; extort—; govern—; present—; preserve—; provide—; reserve—; shear of—; stipulate—; transmit—; —devolves; —overjoys; —provides.

Thesaurus
Altmann theory, DNA, De Vries theory, Galtonian theory, Mendelianism, Mendelism, RNA, Verworn theory, Weismann theory, Weismannism, Wiesner theory, allele, allelomorph, bequeathal, bequest, birth, birthright, borough-English, character, chromatid, chromatin, chromosome, coheirship, coparcenary, determinant, determiner, diathesis, endowment, entail, estate, eugenics, factor, gavelkind, gene, genesiology, genetic code, genetics, heirloom, heirship, hereditability, hereditament, heredity, heritability, heritable, heritance, inborn capacity, incorporeal hereditament, inheritability, inheritance, law of succession, legacy, line of succession, matrocliny, mode of succession, patrimony, patrocliny, pharmacogenetics, postremogeniture, primogeniture, recessive character, replication, reversion, succession, tradition, ultimogeniture

Alternative forms

 * hæritage

Etymology
héritage, from hereditas.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 遺產, 遗产
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Ewe: domenyinu
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Irish:


 * Macedonian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: nasledstvo
 * Swedish:, arvegods
 * Telugu: వారసత్వం (vaarasatvam)
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh: etifeddiaeth


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 遺產, 遗产
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Ewe: domenyinu
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Irish:


 * Macedonian:
 * Polish: dziedzictwo, spuścizna
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: tradiţie
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: వారసత్వం (vaarasatvam)
 * Turkish:, görenek,  ,  anane
 * Welsh: treftadaeth


 * Ewe: domenyinu, ŋgɔgbevinyenye
 * Finnish: syntymäoikeus
 * German: ,
 * Irish:
 * Macedonian:


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Telugu: వారసత్వం (vaarasatvam)
 * Welsh: treftadaeth


 * : heredo
 * : moştenire