Progeny

Prog′e-ny

(prŏj′ē̍-ny̆)

,

Noun.

[OE.

progenie

, F.

progénie

, fr. L.

progenies

, fr.

progignere

. See

Progenitor

.]

Descendants of the human kind, or offspring of other animals; children; offspring; race, lineage.

“ Issued from the progeny of kings.”

Shak.

Progeny

PROG'ENY

,

Noun.

[L.progenies, from progignor.] Offspring; race; children; descendants of the human kind, or offspring of other animals; as the progeny of a king; the progeny of Adam; the progeny of beasts or fowls; a word of general application.

progeny

English

Noun

progeny ‎(countable and uncountable, plural progenies)

(uncountable) Offspring or descendants.
I treasure this five-generation photograph of my great-great grandmother and her progeny.
(countable) A result of a creative effort.
His dissertation is his most important intellectual progeny to date.

Synonyms

(offspring): binary clone, descendant(s), fruit of one's loins, get, issue, lineage, offspring

Related terms

progenitor

Translations

offspring

Arabic: نَسْل ‎(nasl), سَلِيل m ‎(salīl), ذُرِّيَّة f ‎(ḏurriyya)
Armenian: սերունդ (hy) ‎(serund), ժառանգներ (hy) pl ‎(žaṙangner), հետնորդներ (hy) pl ‎(hetnordner)
Catalan: progènie f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 後嗣 (zh), 后嗣 (zh) ‎(hòusì), 後嗣 (zh), 后代 (zh) ‎(hòudài), 子孫 (zh), 子孙 (zh) ‎(zǐsūn), 後裔 (zh), 后裔 (zh) ‎(hòuyì)
Czech: potomstvo (cs) n
Danish: afkom (da) n
Dutch: nakomeling (nl) m, afstammelingen (nl) pl
Finnish: jälkeläiset pl, jälkikasvu
French: descendant (fr) m, progéniture (fr) f, descendance (fr) f
German: Nachkommen (de) m pl, Nachfahren (de) m pl, Nachkommenschaft f
Hebrew: צאצא (he) m ‎(tze'etza)
Hungarian: leszármazott (hu), sarj (hu), ivadék (hu), utód (hu)

Icelandic: afkvæmi (is) n, afsprengi (is) n, afkomandi m
Irish: clann (ga) f
Japanese: 子孫 (ja) ‎(しそん, shison), 子種 ‎(こだね, kodane)
Korean: 자손 (ko) ‎(jason), 후예 (ko) ‎(huye)
Maori: aitanga
Ngazidja Comorian: wana class 2
Norwegian: avkom n
Polish: potomstwo (pl) n, potomek (pl) m
Portuguese: progénie (pt) f (Portugal), progênie (pt) f (Brazil), descendência (pt) f, prole (pt) f
Russian: пото́мство (ru) n ‎(potómstvo), пото́мок (ru) m ‎(potómok) (countable)
Serbo-Croatian: potomstvo (sh) n
Spanish: descendiente (es) m
Swedish: avkomma (sv) c, ättlingar (sv) c pl
Tagalog: kaapuhan

result of a creative effort

Finnish: saavutus (fi), aikaansaannos (fi), tuotos (fi)
Russian: детище (ru) n ‎(detišče), плод (ru) m ‎(plod)

Swedish: resultat (sv) n, alster (sv) n

Anagrams

pyrogen

Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Progeny

Prog′e-ny

Webster 1828 Edition

Progeny

PROG'ENY

Definition 2024

progeny

progeny

English

Noun

Synonyms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

Etymology

Pronunciation

Similar Results