Canadian French Meaning of inheritance

héritage

Other Canadian French words related to héritage

Definitions and Meaning of inheritance in English

Wordnet

inheritance (n)

hereditary succession to a title or an office or property

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

(genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents

any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors

Webster

inheritance (n.)

The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities.

That which is or may be inherited; that which is derived by an heir from an ancestor or other person; a heritage; a possession which passes by descent.

A permanent or valuable possession or blessing, esp. one received by gift or without purchase; a benefaction.

Possession; ownership; acquisition.

Transmission and reception by animal or plant generation.

A perpetual or continuing right which a man and his heirs have to an estate; an estate which a man has by descent as heir to another, or which he may transmit to another as his heir; an estate derived from an ancestor to an heir in course of law.

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héritage

hereditary succession to a title or an office or property, that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of

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No antonyms found.

inheritably => héréditaire, inheritable => Héréditaire, inheritability => héritabilité, inherit => hériter, inhering => inhérent,