English
Pronunciation
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Adjective
- (of a disease or quality) passed from a parent to a child in the genes
#: Haemophilia is hereditary in his family.
- (of a title, honour or right) legally granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death.
#: Duke is a hereditary title which was created in Norman times.
- (of a person) holding a hereditary (2) title or rank
#: hereditary rulers
Derived terms
hereditary peer
Related terms
heredity
Translations
Dutch: (all three meanings) erfelijk
French: héréditaire
Polish: dziedziczny
Romanian: ereditar, mo�tenit
See also
heritage
inherit
inheritance
heir
heiress
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