offspring

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English ofspring, from Old English ofspring (“offspring, descendants, posterity”), equivalent to off- +‎ spring. Compare Icelandic afspringur (“offspring”). More at off, spring. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒfspɹɪŋ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔfspɹɪŋ/, /ˈɑfspɹɪŋ/, enPR: äfʹsprĭng Rhymes: -ɒfspɹɪŋ, -ɔfspɹɪŋ, -ɑfspɹɪŋ === Noun === offspring (plural offspring or offsprings) A person's daughter or son; a person's child. Any of a person's descendants, including of further generations. An animal or plant's progeny or young. (figuratively) Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts. (computing) A process launched by another process. ==== Usage notes ==== The plural offsprings is mainly used for the computing sense. ==== Synonyms ==== (daughter(s) and/or son(s)): baby/babies, child/children, fruit of one's loins, issue (plural only), get, kid/kids (all descendants): binary clone, descendants, fruit of one's loins, get, lineage, progeny, seed ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “daughter(s) and/or son(s)”): genitor (rare), parent, progenitor, father (male), mother (female) (antonym(s) of “descendants”): ancestors, forbears/forebears, forefathers ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====