heir
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English heir, from Anglo-Norman eir, heir, from Latin hērēs.
Inflected forms:
form: heirs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: heire
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: heirs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: heiring
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: heired
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: heired
pos: verb
tags: past
form: heire
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.
pos: noun
examples: My brother is the heir to our childhood house and yet has no interest in it.
I am my father's heir and only son.
As to eleemoſynary corporations, by the dotation the founder and his heirs are of common right the legal viſitors, to ſee that that property is rightly employed, which would otherwiſe have deſcended to the viſitor himſelf: […]
And no use for anyone to tell Charles that this was because the Family was in mourning for Mr Granville Darracott […]: Charles might only have been second footman at Darracott Place for a couple of months when that disaster occurred, but no one could gammon him into thinking that my lord cared a spangle for his heir.
In ancient Greece, the Spartans developed rules that consolidated property into a narrow class of heirs, while the growing population of people left behind were reclassified as hypomeiones—inferiors.
gloss: One who inherits, or has been designated to inherit, a hereditary title or office.
pos: noun
examples: As the heir to the British throne, the Prince of Wales is a very public figure.
Now, after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, William, 40, is the Prince of Wales and the heir to the British throne.
Vittorio Emanuele, the Italian throne's last heir, was apprehended in 1978 after a teen died from a gunshot on an exclusive island.
gloss: A successor in a role, representing continuity with the predecessor.
pos: noun
examples: And I his heir in misery alone.
"I wish we were back in Tenth Street. But so many children came[…]and the Tenth Street house wasn't half big enough; and a dreadful speculative builder built this house and persuaded Austin to buy it. Oh, dear, and here we are among the rich and great; and the steel kings and copper kings and oil kings and their heirs and dauphins.[…]"
India is run by gerontocrats and epigones: grey hairs and groomed heirs.
Sergeant Schlock has no horse, no armor, and no sword, but even the mightiest Mongol horse-warrior would see in him a fit heir.
gloss: To inherit.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: […] Leonard Houtz & John Myer to be executors to this my last will & testament & lastly my children shall heir equally, one as much as the other.
Derived words: coheir
disheir
forced heir
heir apparency
heir apparent
heir at law
heir-at-law
heir by custom
heirdom
heiress
heir general
heirhead
heirhood
heirless
heirloom
heir-loom
heir of the body
heir of the line
heir portioner
heir presumptive
heirship
hereditary
heritage
inherit
inheritance
inheritor
laughing heir
laughing heir statute
legal heir
pretermitted heir
service of an heir
statutory heir
unheired
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: trashëgimtar
lang: Arabic
word: وَارِث
roman: wāriṯ
lang: Arabic
word: وَارِثَة
roman: wāriṯa
lang: Arabic
word: وارس
roman: wāris
lang: Arabic
word: ورتة
roman: wərəta
lang: Aragonese
word: hereu
lang: Armenian
word: ժառանգ
roman: žaṙang
lang: Asturian
word: herederu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: varis
lang: Basque
word: jaraunsle
lang: Basque
word: oinordeko
lang: Basque
word: oinorde
lang: Belarusian
word: насле́днік
roman: nasljédnik
lang: Belarusian
word: насле́дніца
roman: nasljédnica
lang: Bulgarian
word: насле́дник
roman: naslédnik
lang: Bulgarian
word: насле́дничка
roman: naslédnička
lang: Catalan
word: hereu
lang: Catalan
word: hereter
lang: Cebuano
word: manununod
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 繼承人 /继承人
roman: jìchéngrén
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 繼承者 /继承者
roman: jìchéngzhě
lang: Czech
word: dědic
lang: Czech
word: dědička
lang: Old Czech
word: erb
lang: Danish
word: arving
lang: Dutch
word: erfgenaam
lang: Dutch
word: erfgename
lang: Egyptian
word: E9-w-a-w-A1
roman: jwꜥw
lang: Esperanto
word: heredanto
lang: Estonian
word: pärija
lang: Extremaduran
word: hereeru
lang: Finnish
word: perillinen
lang: Finnish
word: perijä
lang: French
word: héritier
lang: French
word: héritière
lang: French
word: successeur
lang: French
word: successeuse
lang: French
word: successrice
lang: Galician
word: herdeiro
lang: Galician
word: heree
lang: Georgian
word: მემკვიდრე
roman: memḳvidre
lang: German
word: Erbe
lang: German
word: Erbin
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌾𐌰
roman: arbja
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌾𐍉
roman: arbjō
lang: Greek
word: κληρονόμος
roman: klironómos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: κληρονόμος
roman: klēronómos
lang: Hebrew
word: יוֹרֵשׁ
roman: yorésh
lang: Hebrew
word: יורשת
lang: Higaonon
word: manonod
lang: Hindi
word: उत्तराधिकारी
roman: uttarādhikārī
lang: Hungarian
word: örökös
lang: Hunsrik
word: Erreb
lang: Icelandic
word: erfingi
lang: Indonesian
word: pewaris
lang: Irish
word: oidhre
lang: Irish
word: beangán
lang: Italian
word: erede
lang: Italian
word: ereditiera
lang: Japanese
word: 相続人
roman: sōzokunin
lang: Japanese
word: 跡取り
roman: atotori
lang: Japanese
word: 継承者
roman: keishōsha
lang: Kabuverdianu
word: erderu
lang: Kashubian
word: dzedzéc
lang: Kazakh
word: мұрагер
roman: mūrager
lang: Khmer
word: ទាយាទ
roman: tiəyiət
lang: Korean
word: 상속인
roman: sangsogin
lang: Korean
word: 계승자
roman: gyeseungja
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: mîratgir
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: wêris
lang: Kyrgyz
word: мураскор
roman: muraskor
lang: Kyrgyz
word: мурасчы
roman: murascı
lang: Lao
word: ທາຍາດ
roman: thā nyāt
lang: Latin
word: hērēs
lang: Latvian
word: mantinieks
lang: Latvian
word: mantiniece
lang: Lithuanian
word: įpėdinis
lang: Lithuanian
word: paveldėtojas
lang: Lithuanian
word: paveldėtoja
lang: Macedonian
word: наследник
roman: naslednik
lang: Macedonian
word: наследничка
roman: naslednička
lang: Malay
word: pewaris
lang: Malay
word: waris
lang: Māori
word: whākapi
lang: Māori
word: kaiwhakakapi
lang: Māori
word: kairīwhi
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: arving
lang: Occitan
word: eiretièr
lang: Old English
word: ierfa
lang: Pashto
word: وارث
roman: wāres
lang: Persian
word: وارث
roman: vâres
lang: Piedmontese
word: erede
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Oaw
lang: Polish
word: spadkobierca
lang: Polish
word: spadkobierczyni
lang: Polish
word: dziedzic
lang: Polish
word: dziedziczka
lang: Polish
word: sukcesor
lang: Polish
word: sukcesorka
lang: Portuguese
word: herdeiro
lang: Romanian
word: moștenitor
lang: Romanian
word: moștenitoare
lang: Russian
word: насле́дник
roman: naslédnik
lang: Russian
word: насле́дница
roman: naslédnica
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: oighre
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: на́следнӣк
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: на́сљеднӣк
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: на́следница
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: на́сљедница
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: následnīk
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: násljednīk
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: následnica
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: násljednica
lang: Slovak
word: dedič
lang: Slovak
word: dedička
lang: Slovene
word: dedič
lang: Slovene
word: dedinja
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: derbnik
lang: Spanish
word: heredero
lang: Spanish
word: cabalero
lang: Swahili
word: mrithi
lang: Swedish
word: arvtagare
lang: Swedish
word: arvinge
lang: Swedish
word: arvtagerska
lang: Tagalog
word: tagapagmana
lang: Tajik
word: ворис
roman: voris
lang: Tatar
word: варис
roman: waris
lang: Thai
word: ทายาท
roman: taa-yâat
lang: Turkish
word: vâris
lang: Turkish
word: mirasçı
lang: Ugaritic
word: 𐎐𐎈𐎍
roman: nḥl
lang: Ukrainian
word: спадкоє́мець
roman: spadkojémecʹ
lang: Ukrainian
word: спадкоє́миця
roman: spadkojémycja
lang: Ukrainian
word: наслі́дник
roman: naslídnyk
lang: Ukrainian
word: наслі́дниця
roman: naslídnycja
lang: Urdu
word: وارث
roman: vāris
lang: Uyghur
word: ۋارىس
roman: waris
lang: Uzbek
word: voris
lang: Uzbek
word: merosxoʻr
lang: Vietnamese
word: người thừa kế
lang: Walloon
word: eritî
lang: Walloon
word: eritresse
lang: Welsh
word: etifedd
lang: Welsh
word: aer
lang: Welsh
word: aerod