inheritable

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/ɪnˈhɛrɪtəbəl//ənˈhɛrətəbəl/

adjective

That can be inherited.

“an inheritable disease”

Similar
heritableancestralhereditarypatrimonialfamilialgeneticmonogenicpolygenic
Opposite
noninheritable
OriginMiddle English enheritable ← Anglo-Norman enheritable →
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Meanings

adjectiveinheritable (comparative more inheritable, superlative most inheritable)

comparative more inheritable · superlative most inheritable

  1. That can be inherited.

    an inheritable disease

    1 more example

    an inheritable estate or title

  2. Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to, as an heir.

    The eldest daughter of the king is also alone inheritable to the crown on failure of issue male.

    1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC
    1 more example

    By attainder […] the blood of the person attainted is so corrupted as to be rendered no longer inheritable.

    1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecapable of being inherited

Similar
heritableancestralhereditarypatrimonialfamilialgeneticmonogenicpolygenic
Opposite
noninheritable
Also see
ancestralfamilialgenetichereditaryheritableinheritedmonogenicneepatrimonialpolygenictransmissibletransmitted

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Anglo-Normanenheritable
  2. Middle Englishenheritable“inheritable”
  3. Englishinheritable

Inherited from Middle English enheritable (“inheritable”), from Anglo-Norman enheritable; equivalent to inherit + -able.

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Translations

Bulgarian унаследим
  • унаследим (unasledim)able to be inherited
Czech dědičný
  • dědičnýable to be inherited
Danish arvelig
  • arveligable to be inherited
Polish dziedziczny
  • dziedzicznyable to be inherited
Portuguese herdável
  • herdávelable to be inherited
Romanian ereditar
  • ereditarable to be inherited
Slovak dedičný
  • dedičnýable to be inherited
Spanish heredable
  • heredableable to be inherited
Turkish kalıtsal
  • kalıtsalable to be inherited
Cite this entry
APA

inheritable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inheritable

MLA

“inheritable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inheritable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inheritable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inheritable.

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