different between heritage vs heirloom

English

Alternative forms

• hæritage (archaic)

Etymology

From Old French eritage, heritage, (French héritage), ultimately derived (through suffixation) from Latin h?r?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h???t?d??/
• Hyphenation: her?i?tage

Noun

heritage (countable and uncountable, plural heritages)

1. An inheritance; property that may be inherited.
2. A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.
3. A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.
4. (attributive) Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language.

Derived terms

• heritage language
• heritage railway

Related terms

• See heir

See also

• (agriculture): heirloom, landrace

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English heirlome (“heirloom”, literally “a tool or article passed to one's heirs”), equivalent to heir +? loom.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???.lu?m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /????.lum/

Noun

heirloom (plural heirlooms)

1. A valued possession that has been passed down through the generations.

   Synonym: patrimony

2. (horticulture) An old crop variety that has been passed down through generations of farmers by seed saving and cultivation, in contrast to modern cultivars used in large-scale agriculture.

See also

• (agriculture): heritage, landrace

Translations

Further reading

• heirloom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• holorime