heir apparent

English

WOTD – 16 April 2012

Etymology

From Middle English heier apparaunt, a calque translation of Middle French héritier apparent, hence the unusual order of adjective following noun.

Pronunciation

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Noun

heir apparent (plural heirs apparent)

(usually monarchy) Someone who will definitely inherit if surviving the one whose property is to be inherited.
- 2021 July 14, A. A. Dowd, “Space Jam: A New Legacy is one big, witless commercial for Warner Bros. properties”, in The A.V. Club‎:
  LeBron James, heir apparent to MJ’s throne, seems on paper like a dream trade—he stole plenty of laughs in Trainwreck a few summers ago.

Antonyms

heir presumptive

Translations

someone who will definitely inherit

Belarusian: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: následník trůnu m
Dutch: troonopvolger (nl) m, kroonprins (nl) m, kroonprinses (nl) f
Finnish: kruununperijä (fi), kruununperillinen (fi)
French: héritier apparent (fr) m, héritière apparente f
German: Thronanwärter (de) m
Greek: φυσικός κληρονόμος m or f (fysikós klironómos)
Icelandic: ríkiserfingi m, óumdeildur arftaki
Indonesian: pewaris takhta
Irish: léiroidhre m
Italian: erede apparente m or f
Kazakh: тақ мұрагері (taq mūragerı)
Korean: 법정추정상속인 (beopjeongchujeongsangsogin)
Macedonian: престолонаследник m (prestolonaslednik)
Malay: pewaris takhta, waris ganti
Maori: piki tūranga
Polish: następca tronu m, następczyni tronu f
Portuguese: herdeiro aparente m
Russian: кронпринц (ru) m (kronprinc), престолонасле́дник (ru) m (prestolonaslédnik)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пријестолона́сљеднӣк m, престолона́сљеднӣк m, престолона́следнӣк m

Roman: prijestolonásljednīk (sh) m, prestolonásljednīk (sh) m, prestolonáslednīk m
Slovene: prestolonaslednik (sl) m
Spanish: heredero forzoso m, heredera forzosa f, heredero natural m, heredero aparente m
Swedish: tronarvinge (sv) c
Telugu: కుమారస్వామి (te) (kumārasvāmi)
Thai: ทายาทผู้มีสิทธิโดยตรง (taa-yâat pôo mee sìt-tí doi dtrong)
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: etifedd eglur m

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