Meaning

6 senses
  1. Passed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate.

    erblich

    насле́дственныйnaslédstvennyj

    спадко́вийspadkóvyj, спадкоє́мнийspadkojémnyj

  2. Of a title, honor or right: legally granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death.

    Duke is a hereditary title which was created in Norman times.

    Erb-

    насле́дственныйnaslédstvennyj

  3. Of a person: holding a legally hereditary title or rank.

    hereditary rulers

    Erb-

    насле́дственныйnaslédstvennyj

  4. Of a disease or trait: passed from a parent to offspring in the genes.

    Haemophilia is hereditary in his family.

    erblich, Erb-

    насле́дственныйnaslédstvennyj

    спадко́вийspadkóvyj

  5. Of a ring: such that all submodules of projective modules over the ring are also projective.

  6. Of a property of graphs: such that if G has the property, so must every induced subgraph of G.

More definitions
  • inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
  • occurring among members of a family usually by heredity

Examples

15 sentences
  1. My baby has a hereditary disease.

    ruУ моего ребёнка наследственное заболевание.

    deMein Baby hat eine Erbkrankheit.

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  2. The disease we are talking about is hereditary.

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  3. My son has an hereditary disease.

    ruУ моего сына наследственная болезнь.

    deMein Sohn hat eine Erbkrankheit.

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  4. Cousin marriage increases the risk of hereditary disease.

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  5. Fascism is the hereditary enemy of every thought, whatever that thought may be.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
which is passed on as inheritance:
Русский
By meaning 1
which is passed on as inheritance:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
which is passed on as inheritance:
of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English hereditarie, from Latin hērēditārius, from hērēditās (“inher

Inherited from Middle English hereditarie, from Latin hērēditārius, from hērēditās (“inheritance”), from hērēs (“heir”).

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Forms

more hereditary, most hereditary
Comparativemore hereditary Lesson
Superlativemost hereditary Lesson

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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