offspring

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɒfsprɪŋ/, SAMPA: /"QfsprIN/
• (US) enPR: äfʹsprĭng, IPA: /ˈɑfsprɪŋ/, SAMPA: /"AfsprIN/

Noun

offspring (plural offspring or offsprings)

1. A person's daughter(s) and/or son(s)
2. All a person's descendants, including further generations
3. An animal or plant's progeny, known as young
4. (figuratively) Another produce, result of an entity's efforts

   Artists often treasure their works as their immortal offspring

5. (computing) A process launched by another process

Usage notes

• The form offsprings is also used for the plural, especially the computing sense.

Synonyms

• (daughter(s) and/or son(s)): baby/babies, child/children, issue (plural only), get
• (all descendants): descendants, lineage, progeny, get

Antonyms

• (daughter(s) and/or son(s)): genitor (rare), parent, progenitor, father (male), mother (female)
• (descendants): ancestors, forbears/forebears, forefathers

Derived terms

• donor offspring
• parent-offspring conflict

Translations

daughter or son

Armenian: զավակ (hy) (zavak) Bulgarian: потомък (bg) m. Croatian: pòtomak (hr) m. Czech: potomstvo (cs) n. Dutch: afstammmelingen pl., kinderen pl., nageslacht n., nakomelingschap n., nakomelingen pl., oir n. Finnish: jälkeläiset (fi) pl., jälkikasvu (fi) French: enfant (fr) m., enfants (fr) pl. German: Kinder (de) n. pl. Greek: τέκνο (el) (tékno) n., παιδί (el) (pedí) n. Irish: clann (ga) f. pl. Italian: figlio (it) m.

Japanese: 胤 (ja) (tane) Korean: 자녀 (ko) Norwegian: avkom (no) n., barn (no) n. Polish: potomek (pl) m., potomstwo (pl) n. Portuguese: filho (pt) m. Russian: потомок (ru) (potómok) m., отпрыск (ru) (ótprysk) m. Santali: ᱜᱳᱱ (hon) Slovak: potomstvo (sk) n. Swedish: avkomling (sv) Taos: ȕ’úna Turkish: evlat (tr), çocuk (tr)

all descendants

Arabic: سلالة (ar) f. Chamicuro: pujchi Croatian: pòtōmstvo (hr) n. Czech: potomstvo (cs) n. Dutch: afstammmelingen pl., nageslacht n., nakomelingschap n., nakomelingen pl., oir n. Esperanto: idaro (eo) Finnish: jälkeläiset (fi) pl., jälkikasvu (fi) German: Abkömmling (de) m.,Nachfahre (de) m.

Irish: clann (ga) f. pl. Italian: discendente (it) m. Norwegian: etterkommere (no) pl., etlinger (no) pl. Polish: potomstwo (pl) n. Russian: потомство (ru) (potómstvo) n. Santali: ᱜᱳᱱ (hon) Swedish: avkomling (sv)

animal's or plant's progeny

Finnish: jälkeläiset (fi) pl.

other produce

Dutch: voortbrengst, productie

Finnish: aikaansaannos (fi), lapsi (fi)

computing: process launched by another process

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Bulgarian: поколение,потомство n. French: descendance, enfance, enfants pl., postérité, progéniture German: Nachwuchs (de) m. Old English: ofspring, tēam Portuguese: descendente Scottish Gaelic: àl m., clann m., sìolach m., sìoladh m., sìolradh m., sliochd m. Telugu: సంతానం (saMtaanaM)