heir

héritier

Personne qui reçoit ou recevra l’argent ou les biens de quelqu’un à sa mort.

En anglais simple : A person who receives, or will receive, someone’s money or property when that person dies.

• His daughter is his only heir.
• The heirs divided the property between them.
• Who is the heir to her fortune?

Comment l'utiliser : heir to something (She is heir to a large estate.)

Synonymes : inheritor

Expressions courantes : sole heir, heir to something, legal heir

héritier

Personne destinée à recevoir un titre ou une fonction royale ou familiale d’un proche.

En anglais simple : A person who will receive a royal or family title or position from a relative.

• The king has no heir.
• She became heir to the throne at twelve.
• The duke’s heirs held the title for centuries.

Comment l'utiliser : heir to a title/position (The prince is heir to the throne.)

Synonymes : successor

Expressions courantes : heir to something, royal heir