hériter
French, verb/e.ʁi.te/
hériter is spelled H-É-R-I-T-E-R (7 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,512th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hériter is a French verb meaning “to inherit (to receive property or a title by legal succession etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Devenir propriétaire d’une chose par droit de succession”.
What does hériter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to inherit (to receive property or a title by legal succession etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Devenir propriétaire d’une chose par droit de succession. 2. Recevoir, être doté d’une chose qui vient d’ailleurs. 3. Recueillir, posséder par succession.
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 hériter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- héritant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- hérité participle past
- hérite first-person indicative present
- hérites indicative present second-person
- héritons first-person indicative plural
- héritez indicative plural present
- héritent indicative plural present
- héritais first-person imperfect indicative
- héritait imperfect indicative singular
- héritions first-person imperfect indicative
- héritiez imperfect indicative plural
- héritaient imperfect indicative plural
- héritai first-person historic indicative
- héritas historic indicative past
- hérita historic indicative past
- héritâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hériter?
- /e.ʁi.te/
- ^((h muet))\e.ʁi.te\
- \e.ʁi.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hériter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hériter in French?
hériter appears 1.5 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).