eredità

Definitions of eredità
  1. noun
    that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
    synonyms: legato, patrimonio
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    patrimonio
    an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)
  2. noun
    an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)
    synonyms: patrimonio
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    type of:
    legato, patrimonio
    that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
  3. noun
    the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next
    synonyms: patrimonio biologico
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    type of:
    processo biologico, processo organico
    a process occurring in living organisms
  4. noun
    hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
    synonyms: retaggio
  5. noun
    any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
    synonyms: retaggio
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    formazione, preparazione, qualificazione
    the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
    allevamento
    the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
    type of:
    attributo, qualità
    an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
  6. noun
    practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
    synonyms: bagaglio, patrimonio, retaggio
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