inheritance

héritage

Argent, biens ou autres choses que l’on reçoit d’une personne à sa mort.

En anglais simple : Money, property, or other things that you receive when someone dies.

• He spent his inheritance.
• Her inheritance included a small house.
• Did you receive an inheritance from your grandmother?

Comment l'utiliser : an inheritance from someone (She received an inheritance from her uncle.)

Synonymes : legacy, bequest

Expressions courantes : large inheritance, receive an inheritance, inheritance tax

hérédité, transmission

Fait de recevoir des biens ou des caractéristiques de personnes, de générations ou de sources antérieures.

En anglais simple : The process of receiving things or features from earlier people, generations, or sources.

• Inheritance explains some family similarities.
• The disease follows a pattern of genetic inheritance.
• These languages share words through inheritance from a common ancestor.

Comment l'utiliser : inheritance of something from someone/something (The study explores the inheritance of traits from parents.)

Synonymes : transmission, passing down

Expressions courantes : genetic inheritance, cultural inheritance, inheritance of something