spin-off
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Deverbal from spin off.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈspɪn.ɔf/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈspɪn.ɒf/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
- An offshoot.
- 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, pages 51–52:
- We are about to broach the fraught saga of the Circle Line, but there is another Metropolitan spin-off that comes first, one that has always appealed to me by the baleful beauty of its name: the City Widened Lines or 'The Widened Lines' for short.
- An incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off.
- Space research often provides a spin-off for everyday technology.
- A by-product.
- (fiction) A fictional work where the protagonist was introduced in a preceding work or at least shares the same setting, often in a different aspect.
- "Frasier" was a spin-off from the sitcom "Cheers".
- The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed.
Synonyms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Russian: спин-о́фф (spin-óff)
Translations
offshoot — see offshoot
incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off
by-product — see by-product
fictional work
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formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed
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See also
- (business): carveout (partial spin-off in a corporate reorganization)
- (literature): subseries
- tie-in (work of fiction based on an original media property)
References
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English spin-off.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspi.nɔf/
- Rhymes: -inɔf
- Syllabification: spin-‧off
Noun
spin-off m inan
- (fiction) spin-off (fictional work where the protagonist was introduced in a preceding work or at least shares the same setting, often in a different aspect)
- (business) spin-off, hive-off (formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed)
Declension
Declension of spin-off
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | spin-off | spin-offy |
| genitive | spin-offu | spin-offów |
| dative | spin-offowi | spin-offom |
| accusative | spin-off | spin-offy |
| instrumental | spin-offem | spin-offami |
| locative | spin-offie | spin-offach |
| vocative | spin-offie | spin-offy |
Further reading
- spin-off in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English spin-off
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.piˈnɔ.fi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.piˈnɔ.fi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /is.piˈnɔ.fe/
- Rhymes: -ɔfi
Noun
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English spin-off. Attested since 1966.
Noun
spin-off c
- a spin-off
- Serien är en spin-off från filmen
- The series is a spin-off from the movie
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | spin-off | spin-offs |
| definite | spin-offen | spin-offens | |
| plural | indefinite | spin-offer | spin-offers |
| definite | spin-offerna | spin-offernas |