Polyglot Dictionary

héritage

/e.ʁi.taʒ/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les héritages

Meaning

  1. inheritance

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

droits de succession

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

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

Spanish

herencia

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

Portuguese

herança

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

Practice

1 What does héritage mean?

2 Fill the gap: Elle a reçu un ___ de sa grand-mère.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches héritage?

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