héritage
French, noun/e.ʁi.taʒ/
héritage is spelled H-É-R-I-T-A-G-E (8 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written French, the 3,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Héritage is a French masculine noun meaning “heritage, inheritance, legacy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui vient par voie de succession”.
What does héritage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineheritage, inheritance, legacy
- 2
masculinepatrimony
- 3
masculineinheritance
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ce qui vient par voie de succession. 2. L’ensemble des immeubles réels, comme terres, maisons, acquis ou non par succession. 3. Ce qui se transmet d’une génération à l’autre, matériellement ou symboliquement (valeurs, culture, traditions). 4. Mécanisme par lequel une classe transmet ses attributs et méthodes à une autre.
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 héritage
- héritages plural
- ^((h muet))\e.ʁi.taʒ\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce héritage?
- /e.ʁi.taʒ/
- ^((h muet))\e.ʁi.taʒ\
- [e.ʁi.taʒ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to héritage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is héritage in French?
héritage appears 20 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).