heirloom

Senso (Inglese)

  1. A valued possession that has been passed down through the generations.
  2. An old crop variety that has been passed down through generations of farmers by seed saving and cultivation, in contrast to modern cultivars used in large-scale agriculture.

Concetti

Traduzioni

reliquia de familia

οικογενειακό κειμήλιο

κληρονομιά

κληρονόμημα

Frequenza

C2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈɛə.luːm/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

Inherited from Middle English heirlome (“heirloom”, literally “a tool or article passed to one's heirs”), equivalent to heir + loom.

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