"heritage (cultural)" in seven languages
Meaningheritage (cultural)
Spanish
patrimonio
/patɾiˈmonjo/
masc.learned
French
patrimoine
/patʁimwan/
masc.learned
Héritage exists too, but means a personal inheritance.
Italian
patrimonio
/patriˈmɔnjo/
masc.learned
Portuguese
patrimônio
/patɾiˈmonju/
masc.learned
European Portuguese writes património.
Romanian
patrimoniu
/patriˈmoniu/
neut.learned
Catalan
patrimoni
/pətɾiˈmɔni/
masc.learned
English
heritage
/ˈhɛɹɪtɪdʒ/
other source · Old French heritage, from Latin HĒRĒDITĀRE 'to inherit'
English → Italianheritage (cultural)patrimonioNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: patrimony, paternal, patron.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PATRIMŌNIUM‘an estate inherited from one's father’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
UNESCO's World Heritage is patrimonio / patrimoine in the sisters: what comes down from the fathers (PATER). The word also means a person's assets.
English relatives: patrimony, paternal, patron
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In a sentence
- esEl casco antiguo forma parte de nuestro patrimonio cultural.
- frLa vieille ville fait partie de notre patrimoine culturel.
- itIl centro storico fa parte del nostro patrimonio culturale.
- ptO centro histórico faz parte do nosso patrimônio cultural.
- roCentrul vechi face parte din patrimoniul nostru cultural.
- caEl nucli antic forma part del nostre patrimoni cultural.
- enThe old town is part of our cultural heritage.
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