Meaning of inheritable in English

1. Pronunciation

   /ɪnˈhɛrədəb(ə)l/

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1. Qualitative Adjective

   inheritable

   Etymology

   late Middle English (formerly also as enheritable): from Anglo-Norman French enheritable‘able to be made heir’, from Old French enheriter (see inherit)

   Definitions

   1. that can be inherited

   Examples

   • « inheritable traits such as eye color »
   • « an inheritable title »

   Synonyms

   • ancestral
   • hereditary
   • patrimonial
   • transmissible
   • familial
   • genetic
   • hereditary
   • inherited
   • transmitted
   • transmissible
   • monogenic
   • polygenic
   • inheriting
   • nee

   Antonyms

   • noninheritable
   • nonheritable