heritage
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heritage¹
- /ˈhɛɹ.ɪ.tɪd͡ʒ/ UK
- /ˈhɛɹ.ə.tɪd͡ʒ/ Australia, Canada, US
- [ˈhɛɹ.ə.ɾɪd͡ʒ] Australia, Canada, US
Where it comes from
From Middle English heritage, from Old French eritage, heritage (modern French héritage), ultimately derived (through suffixation) from Latin hērēs. By surface analysis, herit + -age.
noun heritages · hæritage
- An inheritance; property that may be inherited. Now unſpeakable happy are all thoſe that have ſuch an heritage: can we thinke they will part with it? No verily, […] they will not part with ſuch an inheritance as Chriſt is, rich, fat, alwayes fruitfull, and never decaying.
- A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory. In fact it was a multifarious agglomerate of many little countries, gathered by marriage, heritage and luck, in the course of centuries, and now united in the hand of this Duke Wilhelm.
- A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.
- Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language. a heritage speaker; a heritage language
Heritage²
proper noun Heritages
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: inheritance, patrimonial, birthright, patrimony, inherit, heir, heirloom, legacy, bequest, intestacy, estate, property, proprietary, ownership, possession, endowment
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noun property
| Español | herencia, heredad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 유산 yusan |
| 日本語 | 遺産 isan |
| 中文 | 遺產 /遗产 yíchǎn |
| Kiswahili | urithi |
| Português | herança |
| Français | héritage |
| Deutsch | Erbschaft, Erbe |
| Italiano | eredità |
| Română | moștenire |
| Русский | насле́дство naslédstvo |
| Tiếng Việt | di sản |
noun tradition
| Español | acervo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 遺產 /遗产 yíchǎn |
| Português | herança, património |
| Français | héritage |
| Deutsch | (kulturelles) Erbe |
| Italiano | eredità, retaggio |
| Română | tradiție |
| Русский | насле́дие naslédije |
| Tiếng Việt | di sản |
noun birthright
| Português | herança |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Geburtsrecht, Erbe |
| Русский | перворо́дство pervoródstvo |
Talk about this word "heritage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/heritage. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. heritage. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/heritage "heritage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/heritage.Cite this
@misc{heritage_2026,
title = {heritage},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/heritage},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
