Dictionary

offspring en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• äfʹsprĭng (US)
• /ˈɑfspɹɪŋ/ (US)
• /ˈɔfspɹɪŋ/ (US)
• /ˈɒfspɹɪŋ/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English ofspring, from Old English ofspring (“offspring, descendants, posterity”), equivalent to off- + spring. Compare Icelandic afspringur (“offspring”). More at off, spring.

Meanings

1. A person's daughter or son; a person's child.
   • We are the offspring of Italian immigrants.
2. Any of a person's descendants, including of further generations.
3. An animal or plant's progeny or young.
   • In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual. 2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
4. (figuratively) Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts.
   • Artists often treasure their works as their immortal offspring.
5. A process launched by another process.

Forms

Antonyms

mother (antonym(s) of “daughter(s) and/or son(s)”) · forefather (antonym(s) of “descendants”) · forbear (antonym(s) of “descendants”) · progenitor (antonym(s) of “daughter(s) and/or son(s)”) · father (antonym(s) of “daughter(s) and/or son(s)”) · parent (antonym(s) of “daughter(s) and/or son(s)”) · genitor (antonym(s) of “daughter(s) and/or son(s)”) · forebear (antonym(s) of “descendants”) · ancestors (antonym(s) of “descendants”)

Deriveds

donor offspring · large offspring syndrome · offspringless · parent-offspring conflict · grandoffspring

Synonyms

fruit of one's loins (all descendants) · get (daughter(s) and/or son(s)) · children (daughter(s) and/or son(s)) · baby (daughter(s) and/or son(s)) · descendants (all descendants) · kids (daughter(s) and/or son(s)) · progeny (all descendants) · child (daughter(s) and/or son(s)) · get (all descendants) · binary clone (all descendants) · seed (all descendants) · kid (daughter(s) and/or son(s)) · babies (daughter(s) and/or son(s)) · issue (daughter(s) and/or son(s)) · lineage (all descendants) · fruit of one's loins (daughter(s) and/or son(s))

Translations (264)

es descendiente (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · it figlio (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · eo filino (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · sat ᱜᱳᱱ (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · ru о́тпрыск (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · bn সন্তানসমূহ (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · de Nachwuchs (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · ur اَوْلاد (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · ka შთამომავალი (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · sk potomkyňa (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · ml സന്തതികൾ (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · uz urugʻ (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · de Sprössling (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · zdj wana (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · ccc pujchi (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · cmn 子孫 /子孙 (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · de Kind (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · pt filha (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · az nəvə-nəticə (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · it discendenti (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · tg зуррият (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · es sucesora (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · tl kawil (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · it prole (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · bn ফরজন্দ (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · no barn (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · cic inchipota (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · tg насл (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · tg насл (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · nl kind (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · kk ұрпақ (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · el παιδί (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · ml കുഞ്ഞ് (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · no avkom (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · eo filo (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · twf ȕʼúna (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · de Nachkomminnen (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · yue 子孫 /子孙 (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · hi वंशज (plural or collective offspring, animal's or plant's progeny) · es sucesor (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · nb avkom (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · bg проду́кт (something produced) · pt rebento (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · eo idaro (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · egy ms-s-Xrd (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · ml കുഞ്ഞുങ്ങൾ (plural or collective offspring, animal's or plant's progeny) · de Abkömmlinge (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · ar سُلَالَة (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · io decendanto (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · uk ді́тище (something produced) · uk пото́мство (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · fr progéniture (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · az zadə (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · pl potomkini (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · la subolēs (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · ko 자식 (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · eo ido (singular offspring, animal's or plant's progeny) · fi lapsi (something produced) · rif tarwa (plural or collective offspring, animal's or plant's progeny) · fi jälkeläinen (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · cmn 兒孫 /儿孙 (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · lut bədaʔ (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · hu leszármazott (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · cy epil (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · ug ئەۋلاد (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · ba нәҫел (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · gd àil (plural or collective offspring, animal's or plant's progeny) · uz nasl (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · pt descendente (plural or collective offspring, animal's or plant's progeny) · hu sarj (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · es progenie (plural or collective offspring, animal's or plant's progeny) · ar وَلَد (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · nn avkom (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · sv ättling (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · fr enfants (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · uz zurriyot (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · eo ido (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · sh по̀то̄мство (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · el τέκνο (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · bcl ugbon (singular offspring, animal's or plant's progeny) · tr döl (singular offspring, animal's or plant's progeny) · ar ذُرِّيَّة (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · no ætting (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · afb عيال (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · nan-hbl 囝孫 /囝孙 (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · afb ضنا (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · nl nakomelingen (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · sk potomstvo (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · da afkom (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · pl potomstwo (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · nb etterkommere (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · ar نَسْل (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · ug ئەۋلاد (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · ja 子種 (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · nl nazaat (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · de Nachkommen (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · nn etterkommar (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · de Nachkommenschaft (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · bg пото́мък (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · eo idaro (plural or collective offspring, animal's or plant's progeny) · de Nachkommin (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · sl potomec (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · kk әулет (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · sh pòtomak (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · ko 자녀 (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · es descendencia (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · nl voortbrengst (something produced) · ga síolradh (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · ru пото́мок (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · nl productie (something produced) · fi lapsi (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · om ilmoo (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · es linaje (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · az övlad (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · tg авлод (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · ml മകൻ (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · lo ລູກຫລານ (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · sh pòtōmstvo (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · ar نِتاج (plural or collective offspring, animal's or plant's progeny) · fi lapset (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · sat ᱜᱳᱱ (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · az nəsil (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · ml മക്കൾ (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · sv avkomma (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · nn etterkomarar (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · be нашча́дак (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · nn barn (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · cmn 子孫 /子孙 (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · nn ætting (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · sw watoto (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · no etterkommer (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · de Nachfahren (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · bg пото́мство (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · es progenie (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · nn ætling (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · uk плід (something produced) · uz avlod (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · es cría (singular offspring, animal's or plant's progeny) · sv avkommor (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · kmr weçe (singular offspring, animal's or plant's progeny) · sh по̀томак (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · fr enfance (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · es vástago (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · fa فرزند (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · ky тукум-жуурат (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · nl afstammelingen (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · no ætling (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · fr progéniture (plural or collective offspring, animal's or plant's progeny) · mk потомство (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · nl nakomelingschap (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · grc ἔρνος (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · km មច្ឆាញាតិ (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · yue 兒孫 /儿孙 (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · nl kinderen (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · grc γονή (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · cs potomstvo (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · hu utód (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · hi वंशज (singular offspring, animal's or plant's progeny) · ml കുട്ടി (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · fi aikaansaannos (something produced) · nn ætling (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · nn avkom (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · pt descendência (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · fa اولاد (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · hi संतान (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · es progenitura (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · sv avkomling (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · rif tarwa (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · fa سلاله (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · fr enfant (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · lt vaikas (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · nn etterkommarar (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · nl afstammeling (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · th ลูกหลาน (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · la subolēs (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · bho संतान (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · kmr berebav (singular offspring, animal's or plant's progeny) · cs potomkyně (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · ga clann (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · ba бала (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · ar نِتاج (singular offspring, animal's or plant's progeny) · nl nageslachten (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · it discendente (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · de Nachkomme (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · cs potomek (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · sv ättlingar (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · kk әулет (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · sv avkomlingar (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · pt vergôntea (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · sq bim (singular offspring, animal's or plant's progeny) · bn আওলাদ (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · cy hiliogaeth (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · de Hinterlassenschaft (something produced) · hi वंशज (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · tg авлод (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · nl nakomeling (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · ru пото́мство (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · fi jälkeläiset (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · bg пото́мък (singular offspring, animal's or plant's progeny) · ml കുഞ്ഞുങ്ങൾ (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · uk пото́мство (plural or collective offspring, animal's or plant's progeny) · uz avlod (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · de Nachfahrinnen (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · hu ivadék (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · ky укум-тукум (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · sk potomok (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · ka ნაშიერი (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · gd àl (singular offspring, animal's or plant's progeny) · pl potomek (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · nb ættinger (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · es prole (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · el απόγονος (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · be пато́мак (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · it figlia (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · cic inchipota (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · sa तनस् (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · tg зурриёт (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · la prōlēs (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · sl potomstvo (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · ota نسل (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · ml സന്തതി (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · nn etterkomar (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · be нашча́дніца (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · de Kinder (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · ar وَلَد (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · gd sliochd (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · ml കുഞ്ഞ് (singular offspring, animal's or plant's progeny) · ota نسل (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · ota ذریت (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · ja 胤 (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · de Nachwuchs (plural or collective offspring, animal's or plant's progeny) · nl kinders (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · tr yavru (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · bn সন্তান (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · pl progenitura (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · fi jälkikasvu (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · fa نسل (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · hi संतान (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · fr descendance (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · hy զավակ (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · gd sliochd (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · de Sohn (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · gd clann (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · de Tochter (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · ur نَسل (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · es guácharo (singular offspring, animal's or plant's progeny) · pt filho (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · nn ætting (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · sq pasardhës (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · ja 子孫 (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · nl nageslacht (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · uk наща́дки (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · nb ætlinger (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · tg фарзанд (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · ota ذریت (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · de Sprösslinge (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · tr evlat (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · tr çocuk (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · mba bata (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · fi jälkeläiset (plural or collective offspring, animal's or plant's progeny) · mk потомок (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · la prōgeniēs (plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified)) · uk наща́док (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)) · uk пото́мок (singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified))