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héritage

Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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inheritance [Brit ɪnˈhɛrɪt(ə)ns, Am ɪnˈhɛrədəns] N

1. inheritance (thing inherited):

inheritance
héritage m also fig
to come into an inheritance
faire un héritage

2. inheritance (succession):

inheritance
succession f
by or through inheritance
par voie de succession

3. inheritance BIOL:

inheritance
patrimoine m héréditaire

inheritance tax N Am

inheritance tax
droits mpl de succession
enter upon inheritance
prendre possession de
drink away fortune, inheritance, wages
boire
come into inheritance
entrer en possession de
squander money, fortune, inheritance
dilapider (on en)
French
French
English
English
succession tombée en déshérence
escheated inheritance
héritage
inheritance
faire un héritage
to come into an inheritance
il a laissé un gros héritage à ses enfants
he left his children a big inheritance
héritage (concret)
inheritance
patrimoine héréditaire BIOL
genetic inheritance
succession (de patrimoine)
inheritance, estate
par voie de succession transmis
through inheritance

in the PONS Dictionary

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inheritance [ɪnˈherɪtəns] N a. LAW

inheritance
héritage m
his brother lives off his inheritance
son frère vit de son héritage
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French
English
English
patrimoine
inheritance
droits de succession
inheritance tax
héritage
inheritance
hérédité
right of inheritance
loucher sur l'héritage
to have one's eye on an inheritance
des querelles d'héritage ont brouillé les deux frères
arguments over their inheritance have set the two brothers at odds
acte de succession
attestation of inheritance
in the PONS Dictionary
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inheritance [ɪn·ˈher·ɪ·t ə n(t)s] N a. LAW

inheritance
héritage m
his brother lives off his inheritance
son frère vit de son héritage
French
French
English
English
hérédité
right of inheritance
patrimoine
inheritance
héritage
inheritance
droits de succession
inheritance tax
loucher sur l'héritage
to have one's eye on an inheritance
acte de succession
attestation of inheritance
des querelles d'héritage ont brouillé les deux frères
arguments over their inheritance have put the two brothers at odds

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his brother lives off his inheritance
son frère vit de son héritage
loucher sur l'héritage
to have one's eye on an inheritance
des querelles d'héritage ont brouillé les deux frères
arguments over their inheritance have set the two brothers at odds

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