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" And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have an affection for it, for it was the offspring of happy days, when death and grief were but words, which found no true echo in my heart."
Mary Shelley

Meaning of "progeny" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PROGENY

From Latin prōgeniēs lineage.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PROGENY

ˈprɒdʒɪnɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROGENY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Progeny is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROGENY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of progeny in the English dictionary

The definition of progeny in the dictionary is the immediate descendant or descendants of a person, animal, etc. Other definition of progeny is a result or outcome.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROGENY

androgyny · anthropogeny · dynamogeny · embryogeny · epeirogeny · epirogeny · ethnogeny · gametogeny · homogeny · isogeny · metallogeny · misogyny · orogeny · pathogeny · petrogeny · phylogeny · proterogyny · spermatogeny · sporogeny · thaumatogeny

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROGENY

prog. · progenies · progenitive · progenitiveness · progenitor · progenitorial · progenitorship · progenitress · progenitrix · progeniture · progeria · progestational · progesterone · progestin · progestogen · progestogenic · progged · progger · progging · proggins

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROGENY

autogeny · biogeny · cryogeny · cytogeny · endogeny · geomorphogeny · heterogeny · histogeny · hysterogeny · lysogeny · monogeny · nomogeny · odontogeny · ontogeny · osteogeny · photogeny · phytogeny · polygeny · teratogeny · xenogeny · zoogeny

Synonyms and antonyms of progeny in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PROGENY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «progeny» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «progeny» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF PROGENY

Find out the translation of progeny to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of progeny from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «progeny» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

后代
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

progenie
570 millions of speakers
en

English

progeny
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

संतान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ذرية
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

потомство
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

progênie
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সন্তান
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

progéniture
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Keturunan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Nachkommen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

子孫
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

자손
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Progeny
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

con cái
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

சந்ததி
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

संतती
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

döl
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

progenie
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

potomstwo
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

потомство
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

descendenți
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απογόνους
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nageslag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avkomma
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avkom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of progeny

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROGENY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of progeny
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «progeny».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about progeny

EXAMPLES

3 QUOTES WITH «PROGENY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word progeny.
1
Paul Di Filippo
Generational change within a genre is hard to parse while it's happening. Only in retrospect can the passing of the baton from ancestors to progeny be clearly discerned.
2
Mary Shelley
And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have an affection for it, for it was the offspring of happy days, when death and grief were but words, which found no true echo in my heart.
3
Huston Smith
The notion that Western religions are more rigid than those of Asia is overdrawn. Ours is the most permissive society history has ever known - almost the only thing that is forbidden now is to forbid - and Asian teachers and their progeny play up to this propensity by soft-pedaling Hinduism's, Buddhism's, Sufism's rules.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROGENY»

Discover the use of progeny in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to progeny and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Progeny
"This is a meaty meal of thrills! Highly recommended!" - Ryne Douglas Pearson, author of SIMPLE SIMON and screenwriter of the boxoffice hit, KNOWING "PROGENY is a well-researched and fast-paced thriller.
Shawn Hopkins, 2012
2
Progeny
A passionate, riveting follow to the novel, The Phantom of the Opera
Becky Meadows, 2001
3
Hideous Progeny: Disability, Eugenics, and Classic Horror Cinema
Most critics have interpreted such traits as symptoms of sexual repression, or as metaphors for other kinds of marginalized identities, but Angela M. Smith conducts a richer investigation into the period's social and cultural preoccupations ...
Angela M. Smith, 2013
4
Pinocchio's Progeny: Puppets, Marionettes, Automatons and ...
While Carlo Collodi's internationally revered Pinocchio may not have been the single source of the modernist fascination with puppets and marionettes, the book's appearance on the threshold of the modernist movement heralded a new artistic ...
Harold B. Segel, 1995
5
The Pantheon: Design, Meaning, and Progeny
In this richly illustrated book, William MacDonald analyzes the original design and construction of the Pantheon, discusses the technology that made it possible, and explores its metaphorical meaning.
William Lloyd MacDonald, 2002
6
Progeny
A heart-stopping medical thriller in which a young medical student faces the moral dilemmas and life-long consequences that spring from a new reproductive technology that turns the miracle of birth into an instrument of death.
Martha D. Ogburn, 1999
7
Magical Progeny, Modern Technology: A Hindu Bioethics of ...
A Hindu bioethics of reproductive technology that references the Mahabharata.
Swasti Bhattacharyya, 2012
8
Progeny
"The children of the white lions"--Cover.
R. T. Kaelin, 2010
9
Bluebeard Gothic: Jane Eyre and Its Progeny
'Bluebeard,' the tale of a sadistic husband who murders his wives and locks away their bodies, has inspired hundreds of adaptations since it first appeared in 1697.
Heta Pyrhönen, 2010
10
Progeny of Lazarus
Maggie Johnson had heard of those poor people that had suffered from some horrible near death experience like all of us.
Johanna Ridenow, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROGENY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term progeny is used in the context of the following news items.
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Baby to inherit millions if proven progeny of murdered West …
VANCOUVER – A Chinese woman trying to prove her baby daughter has sole claim to the fortune of a murdered West Vancouver millionaire ... «680 News, Jul 15»
2
Native American tribe uses old method to fight California drought
On a July morning at the Progeny Meadow in the Sierra National Forest, the scent of burning sage filled the air. About a dozen people gathered ... «abc7news.com, Jul 15»
3
Start college kids with bank accounts, not credit cards
Kristof said she would not let her progeny get a credit card if she could not see the bills. Even a responsible college student can get distracted ... «The Fiscal Times, Jul 15»
4
Sparks and embers of life
But, reasons of social convention, familial pressure or the misplaced idea that your progeny will help in your old age are never good reasons to ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
5
Symposium: Does “one person, one vote” really mean what it says?
... plan that distributes voters or potential votes in a grossly uneven way, therefore, is patently unconstitutional under Reynolds and its progeny.”. «SCOTUSblog, Jul 15»
6
Oakland's La Borinqueña Mex-icatessen Closing This Week After 71 …
According to her progeny, Rosa Lopez started the East Bay tamale shop in 1944 — a business they believe to be the oldest continuously ... «SFist, Jul 15»
7
Trump's Trump
Indeed, his progeny are well above average too, smartly groomed, photogenic, and successful to boot. Trump Clan on Oprah. As far as we ... «American Thinker, Jul 15»
8
Michael and Janet Jackson's Father Joe Hospitalized in Brazil for …
Although it can't be denied that he raised and managed a litany of successful progeny, Joe still inspires controversy due to his admittedly ... «Music Times, Jul 15»
9
WayHome proves camping festival formula works (with a little help …
... with a spectacular three-hour set backed by the youngsters in Promise of the Real (a gaggle which includes two of Willie Nelson's progeny). «National Post, Jul 15»
10
It's never too late to learn a second language: Lloyd E. Sheaffer
It was terrific watching our progeny, young and younger, become immersed in a foreign culture, even though our hotel had clearly begun ... «PennLive.com, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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