héréditaire
French, adjective/e.ʁe.di.tɛʁ/
héréditaire is spelled H-É-R-É-D-I-T-A-I-R-E (11 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 16,088th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Héréditaire is a French adjective meaning “hereditary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui se transmet par droit de succession, relatif à l'héritage”.
What does héréditaire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hereditary
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se transmet par droit de succession, relatif à l'héritage. 2. Qui passe aux descendants. 3. Se dit des vertus, des vices, des passions, etc. 4. Il se dit dans un sens analogue des maladies qui passent des parents aux enfants.
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 héréditaire
- héréditaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce héréditaire?
- /e.ʁe.di.tɛʁ/
- \e.ʁe.di.tɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to héréditaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is héréditaire in French?
héréditaire appears 3.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).