Hereditary

//həˈɹɛdɪt(ə)ɹi//

Synonyms for "hereditary" (55 found)

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Closest matches (11)

patrimonial ancestral atavistic bequeathed bodily born coeval congenital connatal connate

Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (17)

connatural constitutional genetic genic handed down heritable in the blood inborn inbred incarnate indigenous ingrained inherent inheritable

Adjective(2 words)

familial genetic

Adjective(1 words)

inhereditary

Related words (27)

Related word relations

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7 relation types

Synonyms

2 entries

patrimonial transmitted

Related terms

2 entries

congenital heir

derived

13 entries

Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy hereditarian hereditarily hereditariness hereditary disease hereditary elliptocytosis hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia hereditary mechanics hereditary peer nonhereditary semihereditary unhereditary

derived from

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prosopagnosia

has context

1 entries

math

related to

12 entries

congenital descendant gene heir house of lords inherit inheritance module peer projective ring submodule

similar

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heritable inheritable

Translations

145 translations across 38 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

συγγενικός adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)

Armenian

1 entries

ժառանգական adj (which is passed on as inheritance)

Asturian

1 entries

hereditariu adj (which is passed on as inheritance)

Belarusian

4 entries

спа́дкавы adj (which is passed on as inheritance)
спа́дкавы adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)
спа́дчынны adj (which is passed on as inheritance)
спа́дчынны adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)

Bulgarian

3 entries

насле́дствен adj (which is passed on as inheritance)
насле́дствен adj (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death)
насле́дствен adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)

Catalan

3 entries

hereditari adj (which is passed on as inheritance)
hereditari adj (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death)
hereditari adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

世襲的 /世袭的 adj (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death)
遺傳的 /遗传的 adj (which is passed on as inheritance)
遺傳的 /遗传的 adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)
遺留的 /遗留的 adj (which is passed on as inheritance)

Czech

3 entries

dědičný adj (which is passed on as inheritance)
dědičný adj (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death)
dědičný adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)

Danish

3 entries

arvelig adj (which is passed on as inheritance)
arvelig adj (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death)
arvelig adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)

Dutch

4 entries

erf adj (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death)
erf adj (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank)
erfelijk adj (which is passed on as inheritance)
erfelijk adj (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death)

Finnish

4 entries

perinnöllinen adj (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death)
perinnöllinen adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)
perintö adj (which is passed on as inheritance)
perintö adj (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank)

French

1 entries

héréditaire adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)

Georgian

2 entries

მემკვიდრეობითი adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)
სამემკვიდრეო adj (which is passed on as inheritance)

German

4 entries

Erb adj (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death)
Erb adj (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank)
Erb adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)
erblich adj (which is passed on as inheritance)

Greek

4 entries

κληρονομικός adj (which is passed on as inheritance)
κληρονομικός adj (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death)
κληρονομικός adj (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank)
κληρονομικός adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)

Hindi

4 entries

आनुवंशिक adj (which is passed on as inheritance)
आनुवंशिक adj (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death)
आनुवंशिक adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)
ख़ानदानी adj (which is passed on as inheritance)

Hungarian

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örökletes adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)

Ido

1 entries

heredala adj (which is passed on as inheritance)

Italian

4 entries

ereditario adj (which is passed on as inheritance)
ereditario adj (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death)
ereditario adj (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank)
ereditario adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)

Luxembourgish

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ierflech adj (which is passed on as inheritance)

Macedonian

4 entries

наследен adj (which is passed on as inheritance)
наследен adj (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death)
наследен adj (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank)
наследен adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)

Mongolian

2 entries

удамшлын adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)
ᠤᠳᠤᠮᠰᠢᠯ ᠦᠨ adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

arvelig adj (which is passed on as inheritance)
arvelig adj (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death)
arvelig adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)

Polish

4 entries

dziedziczny adj (which is passed on as inheritance)
dziedziczny adj (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death)
dziedziczny adj (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank)
dziedziczny adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)

Portuguese

4 entries

hereditário adj (which is passed on as inheritance)
hereditário adj (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death)
hereditário adj (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank)
hereditário adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)

Romanian

4 entries

ereditar adj (which is passed on as inheritance)
ereditar adj (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death)
ereditar adj (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank)
ereditar adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)

Russian

4 entries

насле́дственный adj (which is passed on as inheritance)
насле́дственный adj (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death)
насле́дственный adj (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank)
насле́дственный adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

následan adj (which is passed on as inheritance)
následan adj (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death)
následan adj (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank)
následan adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)

Sicilian

3 entries

riditaru adj (which is passed on as inheritance)
riditaru adj (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death)
riditatu adj (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death)

Slovak

4 entries

dedený adj (which is passed on as inheritance)
dedičný adj (which is passed on as inheritance)
dedičný adj (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death)
dedičný adj (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank)

Slovene

1 entries

deden adj (which is passed on as inheritance)

Spanish

4 entries

heredado adj (which is passed on as inheritance)
heredado adj (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death)
heredado adj (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank)
hereditario adj (which is passed on as inheritance)

Swedish

2 entries

ärftlig adj (which is passed on as inheritance)
ärftlig adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)

Tagalog

1 entries

manahin adj (which is passed on as inheritance)

Thai

1 entries

เป็นกรรมพันธ์ adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)

Turkish

1 entries

ırsî adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)

Ukrainian

3 entries

спадко́вий adj (which is passed on as inheritance)
спадко́вий adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)
спадкоє́мний adj (which is passed on as inheritance)

Welsh

4 entries

etifeddol adj (which is passed on as inheritance)
etifeddol adj (of a title, honor or right: granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death)
etifeddol adj (of a person: holding a hereditary title or rank)
etifeddol adj (of a disease or trait: passed in the genes)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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My baby has a hereditary disease.

Source: tatoeba (245940)

My son has an hereditary disease.

Source: tatoeba (1402020)

Her face is really swollen, but she says that it isn't the mumps. Apparently, it's some unknown hereditary disease.

Source: tatoeba (1527930)

The disease we are talking about is hereditary.

Source: tatoeba (4502522)

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