How to pronounce offspring
American English pronunciation
AWF-spring
- IPA
- /ˈɔfˌspɹɪŋ/
- Syllables
- AWF · spring (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What offspring means
The young of a person, animal, or plant
In a sentence: The mother duck led her offspring in a neat line down to the pond.
Where it comes from: From an Old English word for descendants, the children and grandchildren who come after you.
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