inherit

Signification (Anglais)

1. (transitive) To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
2. (intransitive, transitive) To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
3. (transitive) To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).
4. (transitive) To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.
5. (transitive) To derive from people or conditions previously in force.
6. (transitive) To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.
7. (transitive) To derive a new class from (a superclass).
8. (obsolete, transitive) To put in possession of.

Concepts

hériter

hériter de

héritier

succéder à

prendre la relève

entrer

héréditer

recevoir en héritage

succéder

tenir (de)

Opposé de

bequeath, leave

Synonymes

succeed

succeed to

come into

inheritance

take over

carry on

receive

acquire

carry on from

descend

fall heir to

get

inherited

heredity

lay

obtain

possess

retain

selfishness

share

take the place of

with

come into money

be heir to

take over by transfer

handed down

receive a legacy

be born with

be natural to

accede

know by instinct

accept

🉑

collect

come to

connect

continue

dispossess

dowry

dun

exact

follow

heirs

hereditament

Traductions

erben

heredar

herdar

ereditare

erven

κληρονομώ

heretar

beerben

beërven

übernehmen

ورث

mitschleppen

رث

يرث

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɪnˈhɛɹɪt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: enheriten

In summary

From Middle English enheriten, from Old French enheriter, from Late Latin inhereditare (“make heir”). Displaced native Old English ierfan.