heritage
Syllables: her·i·tageUK/ˈhɛɹ.ɪ.tɪd͡ʒ//ˈhɛɹ.ə.tɪd͡ʒ/
heritage noun: an inheritance; property that may be inherited.
Noun
heritage (countable and uncountable, plural heritages)
- An inheritance; property that may be inherited.
- Now unſpeakable happy are all thoſe that have ſuch an heritage: can we thinke they will part with it? No verily, […] they will not part with ſuch an inheritance as Chriſt is, rich, fat, alwayes fruitfull, and never decaying.1652, John Robotham, chapter III, in An Exposition: On the whole Book of Solomons Song; Commonly called The Canticles., London, →OCLC, page 413
- A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.
- In fact it was a multifarious agglomerate of many little countries, gathered by marriage, heritage and luck, in the course of centuries, and now united in the hand of this Duke Wilhelm.1858, Thomas Carlyle, chapter XIII, in History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book III, page 247
- The first is that learning, continuous learning, is an intrinsic part of the American tradition. In some ways it constitutes the core of our social heritage, and no doubt accounts for the tremendous organizational and productive achievements which have taken place in this country. However, it is...1947, Norris E. Class, chapter VII, in Marjorie Bell, editor, Redirecting the Delinquent: 1947 Yearbook, New York: National Parole and Probation Association, page 234
- A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.
- 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.
Proper noun capitalized: Heritage
Heritage (plural Heritages)
- A surname.
heritage meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
heritage in Hindi
- heritage, birthright; inheritance
- धरोहर dharohar
heritage in Tamil
- பாரம்பரியம், மரபுடைமை, மரபுவழிச் சொத்து, குடிப்பண்பு
heritage in Urdu
- میراث, ورثہ
heritage in Bengali
- ঐতিহ্য, উত্তরাধিকার, পৈতৃক সম্পত্তি
More languagesFewer languages
- heritage in Telugu
- వారసత్వం vārasatvaṁ
- heritage in Malayalam
- ശ്വാശ്വത śvāśvata, പൈതൃകം paitr̥kaṁ
- heritage in Kannada
- ಹುಟ್ಟುಪರಿಚೆ, ತಲೆತಲಾಂತರದ ಪರಿಚೆ, ತಲೆಮೊರೆತನ, ಪಿತ್ರಾರ್ಜಿತ ಆಸ್ತಿ
- heritage in Punjabi
- ਵਿਰਾਸਤ
- heritage in Odia
- ଐତିହ୍ଯ଼
- heritage in Sanskrit
- ऐतिह्य aitihya
- heritage in Assamese
- ঐতিহ্য oitihyo
- heritage in Nepali
- सम्पदा, सम्पदाहरू, धरोहर
- heritage in Malay
- warisan
- heritage in Thai
- มรดก mɔɔ-rá-dòk
- heritage in Vietnamese
- di sản
Examples of heritage in a sentence
- As the child of an egg donor, I have been investigating my biogenealogical heritage.
- Heritage House is a ten-story apartment house for seniors in the heart of downtown.
- He bristled up when they made a joke about his heritage.
Forms of heritage
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | heritages |
| alternative form (archaic) | hæritage |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Heritages |
Origin of heritage
From Middle English heritage, from Old French eritage, heritage (modern French héritage), ultimately derived (through suffixation) from Latin hērēs. By surface analysis, herit + -age.
Words formed from heritage
Phrases with heritage
Questions about heritage
- What does heritage mean?
- Heritage means an inheritance; property that may be inherited.
- What is heritage in Hindi?
- Heritage in Hindi is धरोहर (dharohar). See Heritage meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is heritage?
- Heritage can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce heritage?
- Heritage is pronounced /ˈhɛɹ.ɪ.tɪd͡ʒ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of heritage?
- The plural of heritage is heritages.
Words near heritage in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: heritage (page history and authors); Heritage (page history and authors); धरोहर (Hindi) (page history and authors); heritage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heritage (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heritage (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); പൈതൃകം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); heritage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heritage (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heritage (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heritage (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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