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progeny

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒd͡ʒəni/
  • General-American: prŏj'ə-nē
  • General-American: /ˈpɹɑd͡ʒəni/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: P R AA1 JH AH0 N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Offspring or descendants considered as a group.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • I treasure this five-generation photograph of my great-great grandmother and her progeny.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Descent, lineage, ancestry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A result of a creative effort.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively

Examples

  • His dissertation is his most important intellectual progeny to date.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the immediate descendants of a person

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she was the mother of many offspring
  • he died without issue

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: offspring, issue

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: relative, relation

Narrower terms: baby, bastard, by-blow, love child, illegitimate child, illegitimate, whoreson, child, kid, firstborn, eldest, grandchild, successor, heir

History

Etymology

From Middle English progenie, from Old French progenie, from Latin prōgeniēs, from prōgignō (“beget”).

Across languages

Translations

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نَسْل (nasl) — offspring
  • Arabic: سَلِيل (salīl) — offspring
  • Arabic: ذُرِّيَّة (ḏurriyya) — offspring
  • Armenian: սերունդ (serund) — offspring
  • Armenian: ժառանգներ (žaṙangner) — offspring
  • Armenian: հետնորդներ (hetnordner) — offspring
  • Bengali: আওলাদ (aōlad) — offspring
  • Bengali: ফরজন্দ (fôrzônd) — offspring
  • Bulgarian: потомство (potomstvo) — offspring
  • Catalan: progènie — offspring
  • Catalan: progenitura — offspring
  • Chinese Mandarin: 後嗣 /后嗣 (hòusì) — offspring
  • Chinese Mandarin: 後代 /后代 (hòudài) — offspring
  • Chinese Mandarin: 子孫 /子孙 (zǐsūn) — offspring
  • Chinese Mandarin: 後裔 /后裔 (hòuyì) — offspring
  • Ngazidja Comorian: wana — offspring
  • Czech: potomstvo — offspring
  • Danish: afkom — offspring
  • Dutch: nakomeling — offspring
  • Dutch: afstammelingen — offspring
  • Esperanto: idaro — offspring
  • Finnish: jälkeläiset — offspring
  • Finnish: jälkikasvu — offspring
  • French: descendant — offspring
  • French: progéniture — offspring
  • French: descendance — offspring
  • Galician: descendente — offspring
  • Galician: casta — offspring
  • German: Nachkommen — offspring
  • German: Nachfahren — offspring
  • German: Nachkommenschaft — offspring
  • Hebrew: צאצא (tze'etza) — offspring
  • Hindi: संतान (santān) — offspring
  • Hindi: वंशज (vañśaj) — offspring
  • Hungarian: leszármazott — offspring
  • Hungarian: sarj — offspring
  • Hungarian: ivadék — offspring
  • Hungarian: utód — offspring
  • Icelandic: afkvæmi — offspring
  • Icelandic: afsprengi — offspring
  • Icelandic: afkomandi — offspring
  • Irish: clann — offspring
  • Italian: progenie — offspring
  • Japanese: 子孫 (shison) — offspring
  • Japanese: 子種 (kodane) — offspring
  • Korean: 자손 (jason) — offspring
  • Korean: 후예 (huye) — offspring
  • Latin: prōlēs — offspring
  • Latin: prōgeniēs — offspring
  • Malayalam: സന്താനം (santānaṁ) — offspring
  • Malayalam: സന്തതി (santati) — offspring
  • Malayalam: കുഞ്ഞ് (kuññŭ) — offspring
  • Māori: aitanga — offspring
  • Norwegian Bokmål: avkom — offspring
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: avkom — offspring
  • Polish: potomstwo — offspring
  • Polish: progenitura — offspring
  • Portuguese: progénie — offspring
  • Portuguese: progênie — offspring
  • Portuguese: descendência — offspring
  • Portuguese: prole — offspring
  • Punjabi: ਔਲਾਦ (aulād) — offspring
  • Romanian: progenitură — offspring
  • Russian: пото́мство (potómstvo) — offspring
  • Russian: пото́мок (potómok) — offspring
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̀то̄мство — offspring
  • Serbo-Croatian: pòtōmstvo — offspring
  • Spanish: descendiente — offspring
  • Swedish: avkomma — offspring
  • Swedish: ättlingar — offspring
  • Tagalog: kaapuhan — offspring
  • Ottoman Turkish: نسل (nesl) — offspring
  • Ottoman Turkish: ذریت (zürriyet) — offspring
  • Welsh: epil — offspring
  • Bulgarian: изход (izhod) — result of a creative effort
  • Bulgarian: резултат (rezultat) — result of a creative effort
  • Finnish: saavutus — result of a creative effort
  • Finnish: aikaansaannos — result of a creative effort
  • Finnish: tuotos — result of a creative effort
  • German: Werk — result of a creative effort
  • German: Schaffen — result of a creative effort
  • Russian: детище (detišče) — result of a creative effort
  • Russian: плод (plod) — result of a creative effort
  • Swedish: resultat — result of a creative effort
  • Swedish: alster — result of a creative effort
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