heredity

Signification (Anglais)

Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants.

Concepts

hérédité

héritage

Synonymes

inheritance

heritage

lineage

descendant

genetic endowment

genealogy

parentage

pedigree

succession

heritability

inherent

inherit

nationality

seeds

species

strain

hereditary character

hereditary trait

genetic inheritance

genetic trait

hereditary feature

atavism

hereditary property

blood

🩸

clan

congenital

family

👪

genome

genotype

heirship

hereditary

Traductions

herencia

eredità

Vererbung

Erblichkeit

ereditarietà

erfelijkheid

κληρονομικότητα

herència

hereditariedade

overerfelijkheid

kalıtım

eredità genetica

herança

herediteit

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/hɪˈɹɛdɪti/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle French heredité, from Latin hērēditas (“condition of being an heir”), from hēres (“heir”).