English-French translations for inherit

• hériter
  Les femmes y ont le droit de posséder, d’hériter, de voter et de divorcer. Women have rights to possess, inherit, vote and divorce.
  Permettez-moi aussi de dire, à titre tout à fait personnel, que, dans l'État membre dont je viens, la personne avec qui je vis, âgée de dix-huit ans, ne peut en aucun cas hériter de ma pension. Let me also say on a personal matter that in my own Member State, my partner of 18 years, cannot possibly inherit my pension.
  L’un des droits fondamentaux de tout être humain est le droit de propriété et le droit d’hériter de biens, en particulier de terres. One of the fundamental rights of every human being is the right to property and the right to inherit property, in particular land.

Definition of inherit

• To take possession of as a right ''''
• To receive , by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death
• To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission
• To derive from people or conditions previously in force
• To come into an inheritance
• To derive from a superclass
• To derive a new class from (a superclass
• To put in possession of

Examples

• Your descendants will inherit the earth
• After Grandad died, I inherited the house
• Lets hope the baby inherits his mothers looks and his fathers intelligence
• This country has inherited an invidious class culture
• Lucky old Daniel – his grandfather died rich, and hes inherited
• ModalWindow inherits all the properties and methods of Window

Related words

• inheritance
• inherited
• inheritor
• disinherit
• inheritable
• disinheritance
• inheritedness
• inheritance tax
• inheritance law