progeny
Syllables: prog·e·nyUK/ˈpɹɒd͡ʒəni/US/ˈpɹɑd͡ʒəni/
progeny noun: offspring or descendants considered as a group.
Noun
progeny (countable and uncountable, plural progenies)
- Offspring or descendants considered as a group.
- I treasure this five-generation photograph of my great-great grandmother and her progeny.
- I should premise that I use the term Struggle for Existence in a large and metaphorical sense, including dependence of one being on another, and including (which is more important) not only the life of the individual, but success in leaving progeny.1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species
- Synonyms:
- binary clone, descendant(s), fruit of one's loins, get, issue, lineage, offspring
- Descent, lineage, ancestry.
- Beſides, all French and France exclaimes on thee, / Doubting thy Birth and lawfull Progenie. / Who ioyn’ſt thou with, but with a Lordly Nation, / That will not truſt thee, but for profits ſake ?1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- A result of a creative effort.
- His dissertation is his most important intellectual progeny to date.
progeny meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
progeny in Hindi
- offspring
- संतान santān, वंशज vañśaj
progeny in Tamil
- சந்ததி, வழித்தோன்றல்
progeny in Urdu
- progeny
- بیل bel, اولاد aulād
- progeny; lineage, descent
- تخم tuxm
progeny in Bengali
- offspring
- আওলাদ aōlad, ফরজন্দ fôrzônd
More languagesFewer languages
- progeny in Telugu
- సంతతి santati, ప్రజ praja
- progeny in Malayalam
- സന്താനം santānaṁ, സന്തതി santati, കുഞ്ഞ് kuññŭ
- progeny in Kannada
- ಕರುಳು, ಪೀಳಿಗೆ, ತಲೆಕುಡಿ, ತಲೆತಲಾಂತರ
- progeny in Punjabi
- ਔਲਾਦ aulād
- progeny in Tagalog
- kaapuhan
- progeny in Arabic
- نَسْل nasl, سَلِيل salīl, ذُرِّيَّة ḏurriyya
Examples of progeny in a sentence
- There is no mixed-race or other category that classifies the product or progeny of a miscegenistic union.
- The progeny of backcrosses and intercrosses will form some incrosses and some matings of other types.
- Progeny were closely culled and crossbacked with emphasis on fertility, mothering ability, and gain ability.
Synonyms of progeny
- binary clone
- descendant(s)
- fruit of one's loins
- get
- issue
- lineage
- offspring
Forms of progeny
| plural | progenies |
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Origin of progeny
From Middle English progenie, from Old French progenie, from Latin prōgeniēs, from prōgignō (“beget”).
Words formed from progeny
Questions about progeny
- What does progeny mean?
- Progeny means offspring or descendants considered as a group.
- What is progeny in Hindi?
- Progeny in Hindi is संतान (santān), वंशज (vañśaj). See Progeny meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is progeny?
- Progeny is a noun.
- How do you pronounce progeny?
- Progeny is pronounced /ˈpɹɒd͡ʒəni/ (UK).
- What is the plural of progeny?
- The plural of progeny is progenies.
Words near progeny in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: progeny (page history and authors); progeny (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اولاد (Urdu) (page history and authors); ప్రజ (Telugu) (page history and authors); progeny (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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