Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An inheritance; property that may be inherited.

    Erbschaft, Erbe

    насле́дствоnaslédstvo

    спа́дщинаspádščyna, спа́докspádok

    that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

  2. (countable, uncountable)A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.

    (kulturelles) Erbe

    насле́диеnaslédije

    спа́дщинаspádščyna

  3. (countable, uncountable)A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.

    Geburtsrecht, Erbe

    перворо́дствоpervoródstvo

  4. (attributive, countable, uncountable)Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language.

    a heritage speaker; a heritage language

    The university requires heritage Spanish students to enroll in a specially designed Spanish program not available to non-heritage students.

Examples

107 sentences
  1. I'm very proud of my heritage.

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  2. You always tell me I should be proud of my heritage.

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  3. That's part of our heritage.

    ruЭто часть нашего наследия.

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  4. We have a rich historical heritage.

    ruУ нас богатое историческое наследие.

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  5. Your existence keeps our heritage alive.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
property:
Русский
By meaning 3
property:
tradition:
birthright:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
property:
tradition:
birthright:

Origin

From Middle English heritage, from Old French eritage, heritage (modern French héritage),

From Middle English heritage, from Old French eritage, heritage (modern French héritage), ultimately derived (through suffixation) from Latin hērēs. By surface analysis, herit + -age.

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Forms

plural: heritages
Singularheritage
Pluralheritages

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • hereditary succession to a title or an office or property:inheritance
  • any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors:inheritance
  • that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner:inheritance

Word family

18 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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