ayant droit
French, noun/ɛ.jɑ̃ dʁwa/
ayant droit is spelled A-Y-A-N-T-D-R-O-I-T (10 letters). Ayant droit is a French masculine noun meaning “one who holds, but did not generate, a given right; especially, a copyright holder who has inherited the copyright from an author” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bénéficiaire indirect d’un droit en raison de sa situation juridique, fiscale, financière, ou d’un lien…”.
What does ayant droit mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineone who holds, but did not generate, a given right; especially, a copyright holder who has inherited the copyright from an author
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bénéficiaire indirect d’un droit en raison de sa situation juridique, fiscale, financière, ou d’un lien familial avec le bénéficiaire direct de ce droit. 2. Héritier d’un auteur.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de ayant droit.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ayant droit
- ayants droit plural
- ayante droit feminine
- ayant-droit dated
- ayants-droit plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ayant droit?
- /ɛ.jɑ̃ dʁwa/
- /e.jɑ̃ dʁwa/
- \ɛ.jɑ̃ dʁwa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ayant droit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.