Meaning of Heredity | Babel Free
hɪˈɹɛdɪtiDefinitions
Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants.
uncountable, usually
Equivalents
Azərbaycanca
irsiyyət
Català
herència
Čeština
dědičnost
Ελληνικά
κληρονομικότητα
Suomi
perinnöllisyys
Français
hérédité
עברית
תורשה
Bahasa Indonesia
pewarisan
Italiano
eredità
Nederlands
erfelijkheid
Polski
dziedziczność
Română
ereditate
Русский
наследственность
ไทย
กรรมพันธุ์
Tagalog
kamanahan
Examples
“laws of heredity”
“genetics and heredity”
“influence of heredity”
“Eye color is often determined by heredity.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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