inheritance

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) The passing of title to an estate upon death.
2. (countable) That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion).
3. (especially, uncountable) The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited.
4. (countable, uncountable) The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.
5. (countable, uncountable) The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.

Sinonieme

heritage

legacy

bequest

patrimony

heredity

succession

estate

inherit

heirloom

accession

heirdom

birthright

hereditament

heirship

property

hereditary pattern

share

heir

inheriting

land

mourning

possession

possessions

receive

residue

reward

riches

salary

testament

tradition

treasure

wage

will

property left at death

succession to property

family hardship

succession to family headship

inherited property

right of succession

inheritance of property

inheritance succession

decedents’estates

ancestry

atavism

authority

bear

🐻

belongings

chieftainship

congenital

continuance

Vertalings

héritage

herencia

eredità

herança

Erbschaft

Erbe

erfenis

patrimoine

herència

κληρονομιά

Vererbung

erfdeel

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɪnˈhɛɹɪtəns/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: enheritaunce

In summary

Inherited from Middle English enheritaunce, inheritaunce, borrowed from Anglo-Norman, Old French enheritaunce, from enheriter. By surface analysis, inherit + -ance.