spin-off en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈspɪn.ɒf/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈspɪn.ɔf/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Deverbal from spin off.
Meanings
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An offshoot.
We are about to broach the fraught saga of the Circle Line, but there is another Metropolitan spin-off that comes first, one that has always appealed to me by the baleful beauty of its name: the City Widened Lines or 'The Widened Lines' for short.
2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, pages 51–52:
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An incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off.
Space research often provides a spin-off for everyday technology.
- A by-product.
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A fictional work where the protagonist was introduced in a preceding work or at least shares the same setting, often in a different aspect.
"Frasier" was a spin-off from the sitcom "Cheers".
The Harry Potter spin-off prequel series Fantastic Beasts has been “parked” by Warner Bros, according to its director David Yates.
2023 October 27, “Fantastic Beasts: JK Rowling franchise has been ‘parked’, director says”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| spinoff | alternative | lexicographic | |
| spin-offs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Descendants
Relateds
carveout · spinup · tie-in · spin-up · subseries · spinout · spindown
Synonyms
derivative · hive-off · derivate · descendant
Translations (40)
fi oheissarja (fictional work) · fi sivuteos (fictional work) · fi spinnaaminen (formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed) · es esqueje (fictional work) · eo kromprodukto (fictional work) · sv spin-off (fictional work) · sv spin-off (formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed) · fi spin off (incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off) · fi sivusarja (fictional work) · cmn 衍生作品 (fictional work) · pt spin-off (fictional work) · cmn 副产品 (incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off) · fr spin-off (fictional work) · pl spin-off (fictional work) · de Ableger (fictional work) · ru спин-о́фф (fictional work) · fi oheisteos (fictional work) · cmn 番外篇 (fictional work) · ca esqueix (fictional work) · es obra derivada (fictional work) · fi spin off (fictional work) · fi sivutuote (incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off) · el τεχνοβλαστός (formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed) · de Spin-off (formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed) · fi lisähyöty (incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off) · fi spin off -ohjelma (TV program) (fictional work) · fi irrottaminen (formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed) · fi oheisyritys (formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed) · ms cerita ranting (fictional work) · fi spin off (formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed) · fi irrokki (formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed) · fi irrotettu yritys (formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed) · ko 스핀오프 (fictional work) · fi spin off -yritys (formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed) · ja スピンオフ (fictional work) · pl spółka wydzielona (formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed) · ja 外伝 (fictional work) · cmn 分流企業 /分流企业 (formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed) · de Ableger (formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed) · pl produkt uboczny (incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off)