English Explanatory Dictionary

heir

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.
  2. One who inherits, or has been designated to inherit, a hereditary title or office.
  3. A successor in a role, representing continuity with the predecessor.
verb
  1. To inherit.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛɚ/ [ˈɛɹ̩] en-us-heir.ogg /ˈɛə̯/ /ˈeː/ /ˈe̝ə̯/ /ˈiə̯/ /ˈɛː/ /ˈeːɹ/ /ˈɜː(ɹ)/

Word forms

heir heirs heire heiring heired

Etymology

From Middle English heir, from Anglo-Norman eir, heir, from Latin hērēs.

Synonyms

beneficiary inheritor aftercomer heir succeeder successor successour

Related words

devisee legatee

Derived words

coheir disheir forced heir heir apparency heir apparent heir at law heir-at-law heir by custom heirdom heiress heir general heirhead heirhood heirless heirloom heir-loom heir of the body heir of the line heir portioner heir presumptive heirship hereditary heritage inherit inheritance inheritor laughing heir laughing heir statute legal heir pretermitted heir service of an heir statutory heir unheired

Translations

Albanian: trashëgimtar Arabic: وَارِث Arabic: وَارِثَة Arabic: وارس Arabic: ورتة Aragonese: hereu Armenian: ժառանգ Asturian: herederu Azerbaijani: varis Basque: jaraunsle Basque: oinordeko Basque: oinorde Belarusian: насле́днік Belarusian: насле́дніца Bulgarian: насле́дник Bulgarian: насле́дничка Catalan: hereu Catalan: hereter Cebuano: manununod Chinese Mandarin: 繼承人 /继承人 Chinese Mandarin: 繼承者 /继承者 Czech: dědic Czech: dědička Old Czech: erb Danish: arving Dutch: erfgenaam Dutch: erfgename Egyptian: E9-w-a-w-A1 Esperanto: heredanto Estonian: pärija Extremaduran: hereeru Finnish: perillinen Finnish: perijä French: héritier French: héritière French: successeur French: successeuse French: successrice Galician: herdeiro Galician: heree Georgian: მემკვიდრე German: Erbe German: Erbin Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌾𐌰 Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌾𐍉 Greek: κληρονόμος Ancient Greek: κληρόνομος Hebrew: יוֹרֵשׁ Hebrew: יורשת Higaonon: manonod Hindi: उत्तराधिकारी Hungarian: örökös Hunsrik: Erreb Icelandic: erfingi Indonesian: pewaris Irish: oidhre Irish: beangán Italian: erede Italian: ereditiera Japanese: 相続人 Japanese: 跡取り Japanese: 継承者 Kabuverdianu: erderu Kashubian: dzedzéc
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