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interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/legacy" title="legacy – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="legacy" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/legacy" title="legacy – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="legacy" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/legacy" title="legacy – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="legacy" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/legacy" title="legacy – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="legacy" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/legacy" title="legacy – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="legacy" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wiktionary.org/wiki/legacy" title="legacy – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="legacy" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/legacy" title="legacy – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="legacy" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/legacy" title="legacy – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="legacy" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/legacy" title="legacy – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="legacy" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/legacy" title="legacy – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="legacy" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/legacy" title="legacy – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="legacy" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/legacy" title="legacy – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="legacy" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wiktionary.org/wiki/legacy" title="legacy – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="legacy" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wiktionary.org/wiki/legacy" title="legacy – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="legacy" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/legacy" title="legacy – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="legacy" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/legacy" title="legacy – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="legacy" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/legacy" 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English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/legacie#Middle_English" title="legacie">legacie</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French" class="extiw" title="w:Old French">Old French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro"><a href="/wiki/legacie#Old_French" title="legacie">legacie</a></i> and <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Medieval Latin">Medieval Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/w/index.php?title=legatia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="legatia (page does not exist)">lēgātia</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/lego#Latin" title="lego">lēgātum</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈlɛɡəsi/</span> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_English" class="extiw" title="w:California English">California</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="en-us-legacy.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source 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class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English_phonology" class="extiw" title="w:Australian English phonology">General Australian</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈleɡəsi/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=legacy&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">legacy</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/legacies#English" title="legacies">legacies</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/law#English" title="law">law</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/money" title="money">Money</a> or <a href="/wiki/property" title="property">property</a> <a href="/wiki/bequeath" title="bequeath">bequeathed</a> to someone in a <a href="/wiki/will" title="will">will</a>.</li> <li>Something <a href="/wiki/inherit" title="inherit">inherited</a> from a predecessor or the past. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/heritage#English" title="heritage">heritage</a></span></span></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">John Muir left as his <b>legacy</b> an enduring spirit of respect for the environment.</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1951</b></span> April, D. S. Barrie, “British Railways: A Survey, 1948-1950”, in <cite>Railway Magazine</cite>, number <span class="None" lang="und">600</span>, page <span class="None" lang="und">224</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">During the first year or so of British Railways, some of the simpler and more obvious inter-regional transfers of outlying sections were effected, such as those of the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway from the London Midland Region to the Eastern Region; the South Wales lines of the former L.M.S.R. to the Western Region; the Carlisle-Silloth branch (an L.N.E.R. <b>legacy</b> of a North British "border raid") to the London Midland, and so on.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2019</b> April 6, Caleb Quinley, “Thailand: Anti-military party leader faces sedition charges”, in <cite>Al Jazeera</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/thailand-anti-military-party-leader-faces-sedition-charges-190406052615231.html">[1]</a></sup>, Doha: Al Jazeera, retrieved <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2019-04-06">2019-04-06</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">And judging by how well the progressive and youth-favoured party did, many observers suspect this latest round of legal charges are a response to Future Forward's commitment to undo the <b>legacy</b> of military rule and undertake democratic reforms.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/education" title="education">education</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> The <a href="/wiki/descendant" title="descendant">descendant</a> of an <a href="/wiki/alumnus" title="alumnus">alumnus</a>, given preference in academic admissions. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">Because she was a <b>legacy</b>, her mother's sorority rushed her.</i></div></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=legacy&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-money_or_property_bequeathed_to_someone_in_a_will"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">money or property bequeathed to someone in a will</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="money or property bequeathed to someone in a will"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B1%D8%AB#Arabic" title="إرث">إرْث</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">ʔirṯ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="تركة (page does not exist)">تَرِكَة</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ar.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9" class="extiw" title="ar:تركة">(ar)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">tarika</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Armenian: <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/wiki/%D5%AA%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A3%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6#Armenian" title="ժառանգություն">ժառանգություն</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%AA%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A3%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" class="extiw" title="hy:ժառանգություն">(hy)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">žaṙangutʻyun</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Azerbaijani: <span class="Latn" lang="az"><a href="/wiki/miras#Azerbaijani" title="miras">miras</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://az.wiktionary.org/wiki/miras" class="extiw" title="az:miras">(az)</a></span></li> <li>Bashkir: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ba"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D2%AB#Bashkir" title="мираҫ">мираҫ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ba-Latn" class="tr Latn">miraś</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE#Bulgarian" title="наследство">наследство</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE" class="extiw" title="bg:наследство">(bg)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">nasledstvo</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/llegat#Catalan" title="llegat">llegat</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/llegat" class="extiw" title="ca:llegat">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Chechen: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ce"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC#Chechen" title="битам">битам</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ce-Latn" class="tr Latn">bitam</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ce"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%8C%D1%85%D0%BD%D0%B8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="даьхни (page does not exist)">даьхни</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ce-Latn" class="tr Latn">däxni</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E9%81%BA%E7%94%A2#Mandarin" title="遺產">遺產</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">／</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E9%81%97%E4%BA%A7#Mandarin" title="遗产">遗产</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%81%BA%E7%94%A2" class="extiw" title="zh:遺產">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">yíchǎn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/d%C4%9Bdictv%C3%AD#Czech" title="dědictví">dědictví</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/d%C4%9Bdictv%C3%AD" class="extiw" title="cs:dědictví">(cs)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/legaat#Dutch" title="legaat">legaat</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/legaat" class="extiw" title="nl:legaat">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/perint%C3%B6#Finnish" title="perintö">perintö</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/perint%C3%B6" class="extiw" title="fi:perintö">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/legaatti#Finnish" title="legaatti">legaatti</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/legaatti" class="extiw" title="fi:legaatti">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/legs#French" title="legs">legs</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/legs" class="extiw" title="fr:legs">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/legado#Galician" title="legado">legado</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Verm%C3%A4chtnis#German" title="Vermächtnis">Vermächtnis</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Verm%C3%A4chtnis" class="extiw" title="de:Vermächtnis">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Indonesian: <span class="Latn" lang="id"><a href="/wiki/warisan#Indonesian" title="warisan">warisan</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/warisan" class="extiw" title="id:warisan">(id)</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/eredit%C3%A0#Italian" title="eredità">eredità</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/eredit%C3%A0" class="extiw" title="it:eredità">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/lascito#Italian" title="lascito">lascito</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/lascito" class="extiw" title="it:lascito">(it)</a></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E9%81%BA%E7%94%A3#Japanese" title="遺産">遺産</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%81%BA%E7%94%A3" class="extiw" title="ja:遺産">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">いさん, isan</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Kabuverdianu: <span class="Latn" lang="kea"><a href="/wiki/erdansa#Kabuverdianu" title="erdansa">erdansa</a></span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/wiki/%EC%9C%A0%EC%82%B0#Korean" title="유산">유산</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EC%9C%A0%EC%82%B0" class="extiw" title="ko:유산">(ko)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">yusan</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Kyrgyz: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ky"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81#Kyrgyz" title="мурас">мурас</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ky-Latn" class="tr Latn">muras</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Latin: <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/legatum#Latin" title="legatum">lēgātum</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/legatum" class="extiw" title="la:legatum">(la)</a></span></li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Bokmål: <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/arv#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="arv">arv</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/legat#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="legat">legat</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/zapis#Polish" title="zapis">zapis</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/zapis" class="extiw" title="pl:zapis">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/legado#Portuguese" title="legado">legado</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/legado" class="extiw" title="pt:legado">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/mo%C8%99tenire#Romanian" title="moștenire">moștenire</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/mo%C8%99tenire" class="extiw" title="ro:moștenire">(ro)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE#Russian" title="наследство">насле́дство</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE" class="extiw" title="ru:наследство">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">naslédstvo</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Sanskrit: <span class="Deva" lang="sa"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D#Sanskrit" title="रेक्णस्">रेक्णस्</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D" class="extiw" title="sa:रेक्णस्">(sa)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="sa-Latn" class="tr Latn">rekṇas</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=nasl(j)edstvo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="nasl(j)edstvo (page does not exist)">nasl(j)edstvo</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=zav(j)e%C5%A1tanje&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="zav(j)eštanje (page does not exist)">zav(j)eštanje</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/legado#Spanish" title="legado">legado</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/legado" class="extiw" title="es:legado">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/legat#Swedish" title="legat">legat</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/legat" class="extiw" title="sv:legat">(sv)</a></span></li> <li>Tagalog: <span class="Latn" lang="tl"><a href="/wiki/pamana#Tagalog" title="pamana">pamana</a></span></li> <li>Thai: <span class="Thai" lang="th"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%81#Thai" title="มรดก">มรดก</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%81" class="extiw" title="th:มรดก">(th)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="th-Latn" class="tr Latn">mɔɔ-rá-dòk</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/miras#Turkish" title="miras">miras</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/miras" class="extiw" title="tr:miras">(tr)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-something_inherited_from_a_predecessor;_a_heritage"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Armenian: <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/wiki/%D5%AA%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A3%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6#Armenian" title="ժառանգություն">ժառանգություն</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%AA%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A3%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" class="extiw" title="hy:ժառանգություն">(hy)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">žaṙangutʻyun</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Azerbaijani: <span class="Latn" lang="az"><a href="/wiki/irs#Azerbaijani" title="irs">irs</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="az"><a href="/wiki/miras#Azerbaijani" title="miras">miras</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://az.wiktionary.org/wiki/miras" class="extiw" title="az:miras">(az)</a></span></li> <li>Bashkir: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ba"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D2%AB#Bashkir" title="мираҫ">мираҫ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ba-Latn" class="tr Latn">miraś</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE#Bulgarian" title="наследство">наследство</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE" class="extiw" title="bg:наследство">(bg)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">nasledstvo</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/llegat#Catalan" title="llegat">llegat</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/llegat" class="extiw" title="ca:llegat">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Chechen: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ce"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC#Chechen" title="битам">битам</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ce-Latn" class="tr Latn">bitam</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ce"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%82%D3%8F%D0%B0%D1%8C%D1%85%D1%8C%D0%B5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="тӏаьхье (page does not exist)">тӏаьхье</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ce-Latn" class="tr Latn">tʼäḥʳe</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E9%81%97%E4%BA%A7#Mandarin" title="遗产">遗产</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%81%97%E4%BA%A7" class="extiw" title="zh:遗产">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">yíchǎn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/arv#Danish" title="arv">arv</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/arv" class="extiw" title="da:arv">(da)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/erfgoed#Dutch" title="erfgoed">erfgoed</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/erfgoed" class="extiw" title="nl:erfgoed">(nl)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/erfenis#Dutch" title="erfenis">erfenis</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/erfenis" class="extiw" title="nl:erfenis">(nl)</a></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/hereda%C4%B5o#Esperanto" title="heredaĵo">heredaĵo</a></span></li> <li>Estonian: <span class="Latn" lang="et"><a href="/wiki/p%C3%A4rand#Estonian" title="pärand">pärand</a></span></li> <li>Faroese: <span class="Latn" lang="fo"><a href="/wiki/arvur#Faroese" title="arvur">arvur</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/perint%C3%B6#Finnish" title="perintö">perintö</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/perint%C3%B6" class="extiw" title="fi:perintö">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/h%C3%A9ritage#French" title="héritage">héritage</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/h%C3%A9ritage" class="extiw" title="fr:héritage">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/legs#French" title="legs">legs</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/legs" class="extiw" title="fr:legs">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/legado#Galician" title="legado">legado</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Wirken#German" title="Wirken">Wirken</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Erbe#German" title="Erbe">Erbe</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Erbe" class="extiw" title="de:Erbe">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Verm%C3%A4chtnis#German" title="Vermächtnis">Vermächtnis</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Verm%C3%A4chtnis" class="extiw" title="de:Vermächtnis">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Hinterlassenschaft#German" title="Hinterlassenschaft">Hinterlassenschaft</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hinterlassenschaft" class="extiw" title="de:Hinterlassenschaft">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%AC#Greek" title="κληρονομιά">κληρονομιά</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%AC" class="extiw" title="el:κληρονομιά">(el)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">klironomiá</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> <dl><dd>Ancient: <span class="Polyt" lang="grc"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%AF%CE%B1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="κληρονομία (page does not exist)">κληρονομία</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="tr Latn">klēronomía</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Icelandic: <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/arfleif%C3%B0#Icelandic" title="arfleifð">arfleifð</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Indonesian: <span class="Latn" lang="id"><a href="/wiki/legasi#Indonesian" title="legasi">legasi</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/legasi" class="extiw" title="id:legasi">(id)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="id"><a href="/wiki/warisan#Indonesian" title="warisan">warisan</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/warisan" class="extiw" title="id:warisan">(id)</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/eredit%C3%A0#Italian" title="eredità">eredità</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/eredit%C3%A0" class="extiw" title="it:eredità">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/retaggio#Italian" title="retaggio">retaggio</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/retaggio" class="extiw" title="it:retaggio">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/lascito#Italian" title="lascito">lascito</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/lascito" class="extiw" title="it:lascito">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Kyrgyz: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ky"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81#Kyrgyz" title="мурас">мурас</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ky-Latn" class="tr Latn">muras</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=whakareretanga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="whakareretanga (page does not exist)">whakareretanga</a></span></li> <li>Norwegian: <span class="Latn" lang="no"><a href="/wiki/arv#Norwegian" title="arv">arv</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <dl><dd>Bokmål: <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/arv#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="arv">arv</a></span></dd> <dd>Nynorsk: <span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/arv#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="arv">arv</a></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/dziedzictwo#Polish" title="dziedzictwo">dziedzictwo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/dziedzictwo" class="extiw" title="pl:dziedzictwo">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/spu%C5%9Bcizna#Polish" title="spuścizna">spuścizna</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/spu%C5%9Bcizna" class="extiw" title="pl:spuścizna">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/legado#Portuguese" title="legado">legado</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/legado" class="extiw" title="pt:legado">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/mo%C8%99tenire#Romanian" title="moștenire">moștenire</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/mo%C8%99tenire" class="extiw" title="ro:moștenire">(ro)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B5#Russian" title="наследие">насле́дие</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B5" class="extiw" title="ru:наследие">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">naslédije</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/naslje%C4%91e#Serbo-Croatian" title="nasljeđe">nasljeđe</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/naslje%C4%91e" class="extiw" title="sh:nasljeđe">(sh)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/nasle%C4%91e#Serbo-Croatian" title="nasleđe">nasleđe</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/nasle%C4%91e" class="extiw" title="sh:nasleđe">(sh)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/legado#Spanish" title="legado">legado</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/legado" class="extiw" title="es:legado">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/arv#Swedish" title="arv">arv</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/arv" class="extiw" title="sv:arv">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Tagalog: <span class="Latn" lang="tl"><a href="/wiki/pamana#Tagalog" title="pamana">pamana</a></span></li> <li>Thai: <span class="Thai" lang="th"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%81#Thai" title="มรดก">มรดก</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%81" class="extiw" title="th:มรดก">(th)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="th-Latn" class="tr Latn">mɔɔ-rá-dòk</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/miras#Turkish" title="miras">miras</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/miras" class="extiw" title="tr:miras">(tr)</a></span></li> <li>Walloon: <span class="Latn" lang="wa"><a href="/w/index.php?title=eritaedje&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="eritaedje (page does not exist)">eritaedje</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://wa.wiktionary.org/wiki/eritaedje" class="extiw" title="wa:eritaedje">(wa)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="wa"><a href="/w/index.php?title=eritance&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="eritance (page does not exist)">eritance</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://wa.wiktionary.org/wiki/eritance" class="extiw" title="wa:eritance">(wa)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-the_descendant_of_an_alumnus"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">the descendant of an alumnus</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="the descendant of an alumnus"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hani" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%A0%A1%E5%8F%8B#Mandarin" title="校友">校友</a><a href="/wiki/%E5%AD%90%E5%A5%B3#Mandarin" title="子女">子女</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">xiàoyǒu zǐnǚ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Norwegian: <span class="Latn" lang="no"><a href="/wiki/legat#Norwegian" title="legat">legat</a></span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/legat#Serbo-Croatian" title="legat">legat</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/legat" class="extiw" title="sh:legat">(sh)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective">Adjective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=legacy&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">legacy</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">especially <a href="/wiki/computing#Noun" title="computing">computing</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> Left over from the past; old and no longer current. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2000</b></span>, International Engineering Consortium, <cite>The Emerging Optical Network</cite>, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0933217978" title="Special:BookSources/0933217978">→ISBN</a></small>, page <span class="None" lang="und">75</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">They have no idea what occurs in the network or its topology, and all of the services remain dependent on it — a very <b>legacy</b> approach to creating services in the optical network.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2003</b></span>, Carlo Zaniolo, Peter C. Lockemann, Marc H. Scholl, <cite>Advances in Database Technology - EDBT 2000</cite>, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/3540464395" title="Special:BookSources/3540464395">→ISBN</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">However, pre-relational DBMS are <b>legacy</b>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2006</b></span>, Anne Gams Steine Asserson, Eduard J. Simons, <cite>Enabling Interaction and Quality: Beyond the Hanseatic League</cite>, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/905867536X" title="Special:BookSources/905867536X">→ISBN</a></small>, page <span class="None" lang="und">118</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Finally, the organisation ends up with an expensive ERP of which it uses only part because of divergent evolutionary directions and a set of new systems fast becoming <b>legacy</b>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2008</b></span>, <cite><span class="None" lang="und">CIO - 15 Feb 2008 Vol. 21, No. 9</span></cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">49</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">There was talk in the past that ERP systems were <b>legacy</b>, lacked the agility and flexibility, and did not support interoperability.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2009</b></span>, Kerrie Meyler, Byron Holt, Greg Ramsey, <cite>System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007 Unleashed</cite>, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/076868952X" title="Special:BookSources/076868952X">→ISBN</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Because most of these HALs are <b>legacy</b> and only used on aging or outdated hardware, chances are that you do not have any in your lab and must be creative in procuring one from an active user.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2013</b></span>, Management Association, <cite>Software Design and Development</cite>, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1466643021" title="Special:BookSources/1466643021">→ISBN</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">In practice, there are <b>legacy</b> or mature, domain specific, off the shelf (i.e. software that other software projects can reuse and integrate into their own products) tools that are used regularly by modeleres (e.g., for testing purposes, for communication and collaboration).</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations_2">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=legacy&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-left_behind,_old_or_no_longer_in_active_use"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">left behind, old or no longer in active use</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="left behind, old or no longer in active use"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E9%81%BA%E7%95%99#Mandarin" title="遺留">遺留</a><a href="/wiki/%E7%9A%84#Mandarin" title="的">的</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">／</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E9%81%97%E7%95%99#Mandarin" title="遗留">遗留</a><a href="/wiki/%E7%9A%84#Mandarin" title="的">的</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">yíliú de</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/vanha#Finnish" title="vanha">vanha</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanha" class="extiw" title="fi:vanha">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/vanhentunut#Finnish" title="vanhentunut">vanhentunut</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanhentunut" class="extiw" title="fi:vanhentunut">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="trreq" data-lang="fr"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/hinterlassen#German" title="hinterlassen">hinterlassen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/hinterlassen" class="extiw" title="de:hinterlassen">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/vererbt#German" title="vererbt">vererbt</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/vererbt" class="extiw" title="de:vererbt">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/tradiert#German" title="tradiert">tradiert</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/tradiert" class="extiw" title="de:tradiert">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alt-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alt- (page does not exist)">Alt-</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/vecchio#Italian" title="vecchio">vecchio</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/vecchio" class="extiw" title="it:vecchio">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/abbandonato#Italian" title="abbandonato">abbandonato</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/abbandonato" class="extiw" title="it:abbandonato">(it)</a></span></li> <li>Norwegian: <span class="Latn" lang="no"><a href="/wiki/foreldet#Norwegian" title="foreldet">foreldet</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/foreldet" class="extiw" title="no:foreldet">(no)</a></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/mo%C8%99tenit#Romanian" title="moștenit">moștenit</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/mo%C8%99tenit" class="extiw" title="ro:moștenit">(ro)</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9#Russian" title="унаследованный">унасле́дованный</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9" class="extiw" title="ru:унаследованный">(ru)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">unaslédovannyj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=starudija&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="starudija (page does not exist)">starudija</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/starudija" class="extiw" title="sh:starudija">(sh)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/legado#Spanish" title="legado">legado</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/legado" class="extiw" title="es:legado">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/heredado#Spanish" title="heredado">heredado</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/heredado" class="extiw" title="es:heredado">(es)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=legacy&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span 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