héritage

/e.ʁi.taʒ/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Forms

inheritance
- Elle a reçu un héritage de sa grand-mère.
  
  She received an inheritance from her grandmother.

Droits de succession specifically means inheritance tax, the money owed to the state; héritage is the general word for the inheritance itself.

Similar in other languages

German

Erbschaft is the German word for the same thing — both mean "inheritance."

Spanish

herencia is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "inheritance."

Portuguese

herança is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "inheritance."

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Last updated 2026-09-27