inheritance
/ɪnˈhɛɹɪtəns/
inheritance noun: the passing of title to an estate upon death.
Noun
inheritance (countable and uncountable, plural inheritances)
- The passing of title to an estate upon death.
- That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion).
- The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited.
- The Indo-European languages share various similarities as a result of their inheritance from a common ancestor.
- The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.
- The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.
inheritance meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
inheritance in Hindi
- passing of title
- उत्तराधिकार uttarādhikār
- that which a person is entitled to inherit
- उत्तराधिकार uttarādhikār
inheritance in Tamil
- மரபுரிமையாய் பெறல், மரபுப்பேறு, மரபுப் பெறுகை, பரம்பரை உடைமை, வாரிசுரிமை
inheritance in Marathi
- inheritance, right to succeed after someone's death
- उत्तराधिकार uttarādhikār
inheritance in Urdu
- inheritance
- میراث mīrās
- inheritance, heritage, birthright
- وراثت virāsat
More languagesFewer languages
- inheritance in Bengali
- উত্তরাধিকার, পৈত্রিক সম্পত্তি, উত্তরাধিকারপ্রাপ্ত বস্তু
- inheritance in Telugu
- వారసత్వంగా
- inheritance in Malayalam
- ഓഹരി ōhari
- inheritance in Kannada
- ಆನುವಂಶಿಕತೆ
- inheritance in Punjabi
- ਵਿਰਸਾ virsā, ਜਾਇਦਾਦ jāidād
- inheritance in Gujarati
- વારસાગત વારસો
- inheritance in Odia
- ଉତ୍ତରାଧିକାର
- inheritance in Sanskrit
- रेक्णस् rekṇas
- inheritance in Sinhala
- උරුමය urumaya
- inheritance in Nepali
- उत्तराधिकार
- inheritance in Tagalog
- mana, manahan
- inheritance in Arabic
- مِيرَاث mīrāṯ, إرْثْ ʔirṯ, وِرْث wirṯ
- inheritance in Thai
- มรดก mɔɔ-rá-dòk
Examples of inheritance in a sentence
- My vast fortune was a result of inheritance and stock market nous.
- Once he is married, he will be able to claim the inheritance.
- The prodigal son spent his share of his inheritance until he was destitute.
Forms of inheritance
| plural | inheritances |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | enheritance |
| alternative form (obsolete) | enheritaunce |
| alternative form (obsolete) | inheritaunce |
| alternative hypercorrect (obsolete) | inhæritance |
Origin of inheritance
Inherited from Middle English enheritaunce, inheritaunce, borrowed from Anglo-Norman, Old French enheritaunce, from enheriter. By surface analysis, inherit + -ance.
Words formed from inheritance
Phrases with inheritance
Questions about inheritance
- What does inheritance mean?
- Inheritance means the passing of title to an estate upon death.
- What is inheritance in Hindi?
- Inheritance in Hindi is उत्तराधिकार (uttarādhikār). See Inheritance meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is inheritance?
- Inheritance is a noun.
- How do you pronounce inheritance?
- Inheritance is pronounced /ɪnˈhɛɹɪtəns/.
- What is the plural of inheritance?
- The plural of inheritance is inheritances.
Words near inheritance in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: inheritance (page history and authors); inheritance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); उत्तराधिकार (Marathi) (page history and authors); میراث (Urdu) (page history and authors); Inheritance (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inheritance (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ഓഹരി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); inheritance (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ਜਾਇਦਾਦ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); inheritance (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inheritance (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); උරුමය (Sinhala) (page history and authors); inheritance (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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