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jälkeläinen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • descendant noun A person related to someone who lived in an earlier generation, such as a child, grandchild, or later relative.
  • filial adj Relating to, or fitting for, a son or daughter's relationship with a parent.
  • issue noun A subject or problem that people discuss or disagree about.
  • offspring noun A person's child, or an animal's or plant's young.
  • young adjective In an early stage of life; not yet old.

Senses

jälkeläinen is used for these senses in English:

  • filial (genetics) Of a generation or generations descending from a specific previous one.
  • issue The entire set of some item printed and disseminated during a certain period, particularly (publishing) a single printing of a particular edition of a work when contrasted with other print runs.
  • issue (law) A point of law or fact in dispute or question in a legal action presented for resolution by the court.
  • offspring An animal or plant's progeny or young.
  • young (often as if a plural noun) Offspring, especially the immature offspring of animals.

descendant — full definition

  1. noun A person related to someone who lived in an earlier generation, such as a child, grandchild, or later relative.
  2. noun Something that develops from, or is a later version of, an earlier thing.

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