heritable

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈhɛrɪtəbəl/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(her′i tə bəl)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
her•it•a•ble  (her′i tə bəl),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. capable of being inherited;
    inheritable;
    hereditary.
  2. capable of inheriting.
  • Middle French, equivalent. to herit(er) to inherit + -able -able. See heir, heredity
  • Middle English 1325–75
her′it•a•bil′i•ty, n. 
her′it•a•bly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
heritable /ˈhɛrɪtəbəl/ adj
  1. capable of being inherited; inheritable
  2. chiefly capable of inheriting
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French, from heriter to inheritˌheritaˈbility n ˈheritably adv
'heritable' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
epigenetic - epigenetics - hereditable - holandric - hologynic - inheritable - mutation - oligogene

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