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PRONUNCIATION OF HEIRLESS

heirless  [ˈeəlɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEIRLESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heirless is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HEIRLESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of heirless in the English dictionary

The definition of heirless in the dictionary is having no heir to inherit.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HEIRLESS


acropolis
əˈkrɒpəlɪs
airless
ˈɛəlɪs
Annapolis
əˈnæpəlɪs
careless
ˈkɛəlɪs
chrysalis
ˈkrɪsəlɪs
glareless
ˈɡleəlɪs
hairless
ˈhɛəlɪs
Indianapolis
ˌɪndɪəˈnæpəlɪs
metropolis
mɪˈtrɒpəlɪs
Minneapolis
ˌmɪnɪˈæpəlɪs
paperless
ˈpeɪpəlɪs
peerless
ˈpɪəlɪs
Perlis
ˈpɛəlɪs
powerless
ˈpaʊəlɪs
prayerless
ˈpreəlɪs
propolis
ˈprɒpəlɪs
spareless
ˈspeəlɪs
tireless
ˈtaɪəlɪs
wareless
ˈweəlɪs
wireless
ˈwaɪəlɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEIRLESS

heinous
heinously
heinousness
heir
heir apparent
heir presumptive
heir-at-law
heirdom
heiress
heirloom
heirs apparent
heirs presumptive
heirs-at-law
heirship
Heisenberg
Heisenberg uncertainty principle
heishi
heist
heister

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEIRLESS

borderless
bottomless
carless
cheerless
collarless
colorless
colourless
driverless
fatherless
fearless
flourless
gearless
genderless
humorless
leaderless
motherless
rudderless
starless
sugarless
tearless
waterless

Synonyms and antonyms of heirless in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «heirless» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEIRLESS

Find out the translation of heirless to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of heirless from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heirless» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

无继承人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sin herederos
570 millions of speakers

English

heirless
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

heirless
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

heirless
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

без наследника
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sem herdeiros
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উত্তরাধিকারীহীন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

en déshérence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Heirless
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

erblosen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

heirless
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

heirless
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Heirless
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

heirless
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

heirless
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निरंतर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

heirless
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

senza eredi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bezpotomnej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

без спадкоємця
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fără moștenitori
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άκληρος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sonder erfgename
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

heirless
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

heirless
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heirless

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEIRLESS»

The term «heirless» is used very little and occupies the 158.205 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HEIRLESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heirless

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEIRLESS»

Discover the use of heirless in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heirless and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Guilt of Nations: Restitution and Negotiating Historical ...
Morally the World Jewish Congress's criticism focused on heirless private property and the local community's reluctance to reclaim it. The WJC asserted that the state should not profit from the Nazis' mass murder by maintaining ownership of ...
Elazar Barkan, 2001
2
US and Allied Efforts to Recover and Restore Gold and Other ...
J. Heirless Assets, 1952-1963 Between 1953, when the agreements went into effect, until 1959, U.S. officials appeared to take no action on heirless assets. There was no follow-up to determine the disposition of unidentified German assets in ...
William Z. Slany, 1997
3
Conquest and Redemption: A History of Jewish Assets from the ...
Communal property was one issue, but personal property that was heirless caused greater concern. Clay was apprehensive about the amount of heirless property that needed to be processed and returned. “ [I]nternationally known and  ...
Gregg J. Rickman, 2011
4
Jews, Poles, and Slovaks: A Story of Encounters, 1944--1948
The Jewish community in Czechoslovakia (Czech and Slovak) wished to claim heirless property for public Jewish purposes. They believed that heirless property should be used for the benefit of the Jewish community, especially since the ...
Anna Cichopek-Gajraj, 2008
5
Swiss Banks and Jewish Souls
Memorandum on Heirless property in Switzerland belonging to Nazi persecutees , 8 August 1 949, American Legation in Bern, RG 84, American Legation, Bern Confidential File, 1940-49, 501.5-510.2, Box 80, NARA. 53. S. Adler-Rudel ...
Gregg J. Rickman
6
The Eizenstat Report and Related Issues Concerning United ...
Refugees And Reparations returned to the governments of those Allied countries, or be treated like other heirless property in the United States? I£ they are to be returned, should such governments be free to utilize them as they see fit? Should  ...
James A. Leach, 1999
7
Greek Jewry in the Twentieth Century, 1913-1983: Patterns of ...
Supplementary aid came from income derived from heirless property assets. Unlike communal property, heirless property was administered by OPAIE (The Heirless Property and Jewish Rehabilitation Fund), an organization created ( under ...
Joshua Eli Plaut, 2000
8
Shatterzone of Empires: Coexistence and Violence in the ...
In the case of the event known later as the Holocaust, the following pressing question arose: should those nations where the murdered Jews dwelled in the past legally appropriate and inherit the titles left heirless following the mass murders of ...
Omer Bartov, Eric D. Weitz, 2013
9
Righting Wrongs in Eastern Europe
Heirless and unclaimed Jewish property, including communal property In Hungary, as in most of the other states which had been occupied by (or allied to) Nazi Germany, a substantial proportion of former Jewish-owned property was heirless ...
Istvan S. Pogany, 1997
10
Reparations for Nazi Victims in Postwar Europe
In a parallel exchange of letters, the representatives of the three Western Allies swallowed the Swiss announcement that heirless assets no longer existed in their country.'9 This seemed to be the end of the story, were it not for rumors about ...
Regula Ludi, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEIRLESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heirless is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A Disgrace: New York Attorney General Investigates Claims …
Has the internal audit undertaken in Germany relating to the sale of heirless properties been disclosed to directors? Ukraine fraud; Has the ... «J-Wire Jewish Australian News Service, Jul 15»
2
Candidly Speaking: A disgrace: New York attorney general …
8) Heirless Jewish property. In December 2010, in the face of fierce protests from heirs of survivors claiming that the Claims Conference denied ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
3
Crowley, Smith, Deutch, and Lance Urge State Department to Take …
However, many nations that endorsed this declaration have not fully addressed the restitution of Jewish communal, private, and heirless ... «RealEstateRama, Jul 15»
4
Load shedding has worsened heatwave situation: Qaim
He said that Karachi was not an heirless city. “We are its owner and we are here to serve the people of Karachi,” he said. “We have served, we ... «Daily Times, Jun 15»
5
GUEST VOICE: Why I'm speaking up for Holocaust restitution
It calls for just and fair solutions regarding the status of private, communal and heirless property stolen from Jews during World War II. «Canadian Jewish News, Jun 15»
6
Bacon, eggs and joy in a pastry pie
Ditto to the heirless chook. Well, here's how. Summon the dog and drive to the supermarket and buy. a. onion. b. pastry. c. ersatz parmesan. «The Press, Jun 15»
7
How To Start Your Own Virtual Race
As anyone who has ever tried to sell anything on Craigslist or received an email from an heirless African prince knows, the Internet is rife with ... «Outside Magazine, Jun 15»
8
US diplomat: Many Holocaust survivors live in poverty
He added that France, Germany and other countries had sold heirless Jewish properties confiscated by the Nazis to raise funds for social ... «Ynetnews, May 15»
9
Holocaust meeting calls on nations to do more for survivors
... not to be taxed, the development of special pension programs and the sale of heirless Jewish property to finance social welfare programs. «Fox News, May 15»
10
Frank P. Doyle pays for classes, books and housing
However, the Doyle Scholarship would have probably never been appropriated if not for the death of Doyle's only son, leaving him heirless. «The Oak Leaf, May 15»

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