Heredity

//həˈɹɛdəti//

Synonyms for "heredity" (61 found)

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Related word relations

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More general

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Related terms

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causes desire

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is a

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related to

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Translations

26 translations across 23 languages.

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Armenian

1 entries
  • ժառանգականություն noun (hereditary transmission)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • irsiyyət noun (hereditary transmission)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • наследственост noun (hereditary transmission)
  • унаследяване noun (hereditary transmission)

Catalan

1 entries
  • herència noun (hereditary transmission)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 遺傳 /遗传 noun (hereditary transmission)

Czech

1 entries
  • dědičnost noun (hereditary transmission)

Dutch

1 entries
  • erfelijkheid noun (hereditary transmission)

Finnish

1 entries
  • perinnöllisyys noun (hereditary transmission)

French

1 entries
  • hérédité noun (hereditary transmission)

Greek

1 entries
  • κληρονομικότητα noun (hereditary transmission)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • örökletesség noun (hereditary transmission)

Irish

2 entries
  • dúchas noun (hereditary transmission)
  • oidhreacht noun (hereditary transmission)

Italian

1 entries
  • eredità noun (hereditary transmission)

Japanese

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  • 遺伝 noun (hereditary transmission)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • bomaweyî noun (hereditary transmission)

Polish

1 entries
  • dziedziczność noun (hereditary transmission)

Romanian

1 entries
  • ereditate noun (hereditary transmission)

Russian

1 entries
  • насле́дственность noun (hereditary transmission)

Slovak

1 entries
  • dedičnosť noun (hereditary transmission)

Spanish

2 entries
  • heredad noun (hereditary transmission)
  • herencia noun (hereditary transmission)

Swedish

1 entries
  • ärftlighet noun (hereditary transmission)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kamanahan noun (hereditary transmission)

Thai

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  • กรรมพันธุ์ noun (hereditary transmission)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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We are influenced both by environment and by heredity.

Source: tatoeba (23061)

In Kabuki not only talent but also heredity counts.

Source: tatoeba (23910)

This criminal is a victim of his heredity.

Source: tatoeba (57477)

Does a child's musical talent depend on heredity?

Source: tatoeba (245862)

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