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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Heritage \Her"it*age\, a. [OE. heritage, eritage, OF. heritage,
     eritage, F. h['e]ritage, fr. h['e]riter to inherit, LL.
     heriditare. See Hereditable.]
     1. That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir;
        inheritance.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Part of my heritage,
              Which my dead father did bequeath to me. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Script.) A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen
        people; also, a flock under pastoral charge. --Joel iii.
        2. --1 Peter v. 3.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Heritage \Her"it*age\, a. [OE. heritage, eritage, OF. heritage,
     eritage, F. h['e]ritage, fr. h['e]riter to inherit, LL.
     heriditare. See Hereditable.]
     1. That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir;
        inheritance.
  
              Part of my heritage, Which my dead father did
              bequeath to me.                       --Shak.
  
     2. (Script.) A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen
        people; also, a flock under pastoral charge. --Joel iii.
        2. --1 Peter v. 3.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  heritage
       n 1: practices that are handed down from the past by tradition;
            "a heritage of freedom"
       2: any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited
          from ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's
          blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge" [syn: inheritance]
       3: that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that
          passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner [syn:
          inheritance]
       4: hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
          [syn: inheritance]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  heritage
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 (uncountable) η κληρονομιά, οτιδήποτε πολύτιμο μάς έχει παραδοθεί
  από τις προηγούμενες γενεές
     2 κληρονομικό δικαίωμα, ιδιότητα που κληρονομείται

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  heritage
     n.
     1 An inheritance; property that may be inherited.
     2 A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from
  preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.
     3 A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not
  exclusive to the firstborn.
     4 (lb en attributive) Having a certain background, such as growing up
  with a second language.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Heritage
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  heritage
     n.
     1 An inheritance; property that may be inherited.
     2 A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from
  preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.
     3 A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not
  exclusive to the firstborn.
     4 (lb en attributive) Having a certain background, such as growing up
  with a second language.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Heritage
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  heritage
     n.
     1 An inheritance; property that may be inherited.
     2 A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from
  preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.
     3 A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not
  exclusive to the firstborn.
     4 (lb en attributive) Having a certain background, such as growing up
  with a second language.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Heritage
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  heritage
     n.
     1 An inheritance; property that may be inherited.
     2 A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from
  preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.
     3 A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not
  exclusive to the firstborn.
     4 (lb en attributive) Having a certain background, such as growing up
  with a second language.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Heritage
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  heritage
     Englanti n.
     1 perintö (omaisuus)
     2 kulttuuriperintö, perinne, perimätieto, perintö

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  heritage
     Engelska n.
     arv, arvedel

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Heritage /hˈɛɹɪtɪdʒ/
  التراث

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  heritage //ˈhɛɹ.ɪ.tɪd͡ʒ// 
  1. наследство
  property
  2. традиция
  tradition

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  heritage /hˈɛɹɪtɪdʒ/ 
  odkaz

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  heritage /hˈɛɹɪtɪdʒ/ 
  dědictví

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  heritage /hˈɛɹɪtɪdʒ/
  dědičnost

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  heritage /hˈɛɹɪtɪdʒ/ 
  treftadaeth 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  heritage /hˈɛɹɪtɪdʒ/ 
  etifeddiaeth 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  heritage /hˈɛɹɪtɪdʒ/
   [fig.] Erbe  [übtr.]
           Note: Hinterlassenschaft
        "(common) heritage of mankind"  - (gemeinsames) Erbe der Menschheit
        "mankind's (common) heritage"  - (gemeinsames) Erbe der Menschheit
   see: cultural heritage, natural heritage
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  heritage /hˈɛɹɪtɪdʒ/
  
  κληρονομιά

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  heritage //ˈhɛɹ.ɪ.tɪd͡ʒ// 
  1. syntymäoikeus
  birthright
  2. perintö
  property
  3. perintö, perimätieto, perinne
  tradition

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  heritage /hˈɛɹɪtɪdʒ/ 
  1. परम्परा
        "ये प्राचीन इमारतें राष्ट्रीय"heritage" का सूचक है."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  heritage /hˈɛɹɪtɪdʒ/
  baština, baštine, baštinom, baštinu, nasljedstvo, nasljeđa, nasljeđe

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  heritage /hˈɛɹɪtɪdʒ/
  örökség

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  heritage //ˈhɛɹ.ɪ.tɪd͡ʒ// 
  遺産
  property

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  heritage //ˈhɛɹ.ɪ.tɪd͡ʒ// 
  arv
  property

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  heritage /ˈherɪtɪʤ/ 
    dziedzictwo

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  heritage /hˈɛɹɪtɪdʒ/ 
  herannça, patrimônio

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  heritage //ˈhɛɹ.ɪ.tɪd͡ʒ// 
  1. arv, arvegods
  property
  2. arv, kulturarv
  tradition

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  heritage /hˈɛɹɪtɪdʒ/
  1. miras, tereke
  2. (biyol.), (psik.) kalıtım.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈhɛɹətədʒ/, /ˈhɛɹɪtɪdʒ/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  HERITAGE. By this word is understood, among the civilians, every species of 
  immovable which can be the subject of property, such as lands, houses, 
  orchards, woods, marshes, ponds, &c., in whatever mode they may have been 
  acquired, either by descent or purchase. 3 Toull. 472. It is something that 
  can be inherited. Co. Litt. s. 731. 
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  65 Moby Thesaurus words for "heritage":
     Altmann theory, DNA, De Vries theory, Galtonian theory,
     Mendelianism, Mendelism, RNA, Verworn theory, Weismann theory,
     Weismannism, Wiesner theory, allele, allelomorph, bequeathal,
     bequest, birth, birthright, borough-English, character, chromatid,
     chromatin, chromosome, coheirship, coparcenary, determinant,
     determiner, diathesis, endowment, entail, estate, eugenics, factor,
     gavelkind, gene, genesiology, genetic code, genetics, heirloom,
     heirship, hereditability, hereditament, heredity, heritability,
     heritable, heritance, inborn capacity, incorporeal hereditament,
     inheritability, inheritance, law of succession, legacy,
     line of succession, matrocliny, mode of succession, patrimony,
     patrocliny, pharmacogenetics, postremogeniture, primogeniture,
     recessive character, replication, reversion, succession, tradition,
     ultimogeniture
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 遗产,祖先所留之物,继承物;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 遗产,祖先所留之物,继承物

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