C1noun · irregular · rare

offspring

offspring · offspring

потомство, нащадки, плід, дітище

потомство, потомок, отпрыск

Nachwuchs, Kinder, Nachkommen, Kind

A person's daughter or sonA person's daughter or son; a person's child.

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UK/ˈɒfspɹɪŋ/US/ˈɔfspɹɪŋ/

» Parents can pass many diseases on to their offspring.

Родители могут передать своему потомству множество заболеваний.

Meaning

5 senses

A person's daughter or son; a person's child.
We are the offspring of Italian immigrants.
the immediate descendants of a person
Any of a person's descendants, including of further generations.
Abkömmlinge, Nachfahren, Nachfahrinnen
пото́мствоpotómstvo
пото́мствоpotómstvo, наща́дкиnaščádky
An animal or plant's progeny or young.
Nachwuchs
пото́мствоpotómstvo
any immature animal
(figuratively)Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts.
Artists often treasure their works as their immortal offspring.
Hinterlassenschaft
плідplid, ді́тищеdítyšče
A process launched by another process.

Examples

37 sentences

Parents can pass many diseases on to their offspring.
ruРодители могут передать своему потомству множество заболеваний.
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Rabbits have a lot of offspring.
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An otter's offspring are called pups.
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Organisms' varied offspring compete for survival.
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What's stopping you from having offspring?
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 3

singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified):

plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified):

something produced:

Русский

By meaning 2

singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified):

plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified):

Deutsch

By meaning 3

singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified):

plural or collective offspring (only males, only females, both sexes or sex unspecified):

something produced:

Origin

From Middle English ofspring, from Old English ofspring (“offspring, descendants, posterit

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

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