Progeny definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

You can refer to a person's children or to an animal's young as their progeny. ... Davis was never loquacious on the subject of his progeny. ... The progeny of a ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'progeny'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× progeny (prɒdʒəni ) 1. pluralnoun[usuallywithposs] Youcanrefertoaperson'schildrenortoananimal'syoungastheirprogeny. [formal]Daviswasneverloquaciousonthesubjectofhisprogeny. 2. pluralnoun[usuallywithposs] Theprogenyofaparticularthingarethethingsthatdevelopfromit. ...claysandgrits,themuckyprogenyoferosion. MoreSynonymsofprogeny COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'progeny' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'progeny' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'ekistics' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency progenyinBritishEnglish (ˈprɒdʒɪnɪ ) nounWordforms:plural-nies1. theimmediatedescendantordescendantsofaperson,animal,etc 2. aresultoroutcome CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordoriginC13:fromLatinprōgeniēslineage;seeprogenitor WordFrequency progenyinAmericanEnglish (ˈprɑdʒəni ) nounWordforms:pluralˈprogenies children,descendants,oroffspringcollectively;issue Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. WordoriginMEprogenie