progeny en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɹɒd͡ʒəni/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- prŏj'ə-nē (General-American)
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈpɹɑd͡ʒəni/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English progenie, from Old French progenie, from Latin prōgeniēs, from prōgignō (“beget”).
Meanings
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(uncountable) Offspring or descendants considered as a group.
I should premise that I use the term Struggle for Existence in a large and metaphorical sense, including dependence of one being on another, and including (which is more important) not only the life of the individual, but success in leaving progeny.
1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species:One worm on a single plate can give rise to thousands of progeny after just a week or so.
2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 88:I treasure this five-generation photograph of my great-great grandmother and her progeny.
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(obsolete, uncountable) Descent, lineage, ancestry.
Beſides, all French and France exclaimes on thee, / Doubting thy Birth and lawfull Progenie. / Who ioyn’ſt thou with, but with a Lordly Nation, / That will not truſt thee, but for profits ſake ?
1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 109, column 1:
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(countable, figuratively) A result of a creative effort.
His dissertation is his most important intellectual progeny to date.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| progenies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
descendant(s) (offspring) · offspring (offspring) · binary clone (offspring) · get (offspring) · fruit of one's loins (offspring) · issue (offspring) · lineage (offspring)
Translations (85)
de Werk (result of a creative effort) · sv resultat (result of a creative effort) · bg изход (result of a creative effort) · tl kaapuhan (offspring) · de Nachkommen (offspring) · is afsprengi (offspring) · sh pòtōmstvo (offspring) · fi tuotos (result of a creative effort) · fi saavutus (result of a creative effort) · fi jälkeläiset (offspring) · cs potomstvo (offspring) · bn আওলাদ (offspring) · de Nachfahren (offspring) · ko 자손 (offspring) · bg резултат (result of a creative effort) · hi वंशज (offspring) · ga clann (offspring) · ru плод (result of a creative effort) · la prōgeniēs (offspring) · ca progènie (offspring) · sh по̀то̄мство (offspring) · hy հետնորդներ (offspring) · es descendiente (offspring) · ca progenitura (offspring) · sv ättlingar (offspring) · cmn 後代 /后代 (offspring) · zdj wana (offspring) · bn ফরজন্দ (offspring) · ro progenitură (offspring) · eo idaro (offspring) · cy epil (offspring) · he צאצא (offspring) · hu leszármazott (offspring) · cmn 子孫 /子孙 (offspring) · pl potomstwo (offspring) · la prōlēs (offspring) · ml സന്തതി (offspring) · hy սերունդ (offspring) · sv avkomma (offspring) · fr descendant (offspring) · fi aikaansaannos (result of a creative effort) · fr descendance (offspring) · pt descendência (offspring) · fr progéniture (offspring) · ml കുഞ്ഞ് (offspring) · ja 子孫 (offspring) · ar سَلِيل (offspring) · ja 子種 (offspring) · hy ժառանգներ (offspring) · hu sarj (offspring) · da afkom (offspring) · hu ivadék (offspring) · cmn 後裔 /后裔 (offspring) · pt progênie (offspring) · nb avkom (offspring) · pa ਔਲਾਦ (offspring) · pt progénie (offspring) · sv alster (result of a creative effort) · ru пото́мство (offspring) · gl casta (offspring) · cmn 後嗣 /后嗣 (offspring) · ko 후예 (offspring) · ar نَسْل (offspring) · bg потомство (offspring) · ml സന്താനം (offspring) · pt prole (offspring) · de Nachkommenschaft (offspring) · nl afstammelingen (offspring) · pl progenitura (offspring) · gl descendente (offspring) · hu utód (offspring) · nn avkom (offspring) · ru пото́мок (offspring) · de Schaffen (result of a creative effort) · fi jälkikasvu (offspring) · nl nakomeling (offspring) · ota نسل (offspring) · ota ذریت (offspring) · hi संतान (offspring) · ru детище (result of a creative effort) · mi aitanga (offspring) · it progenie (offspring) · ar ذُرِّيَّة (offspring) · is afkomandi (offspring) · is afkvæmi (offspring)