procreation

See also: procréation

English

Etymology

From Old French procreacion, from Latin prōcreātiō (“generation”), the noun of action from prōcreāre (“to bring forth”), itself from prō- (“forth”) +‎ creāre (“to create”). First attested in c. 1386.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

procreation (usually uncountable, plural procreations)

1. The process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind
2. The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring

Synonyms

• reproduction

Derived terms

• family of procreation
• nonprocreation
• procreational
• procreationist

Related terms

• creation
• procreant
• procreate
• procreating
• procreative
• procreator

Translations

the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction

Afrikaans: voortplanting (af) Arabic: تَكَاثُر m (takāṯur) Bulgarian: размножение (bg) n (razmnoženie) Chinese: Mandarin: 生殖 (zh) (shēngzhí) Dutch: voortplanting (nl) f, procreatie (nl) f Finnish: lisääntyminen (fi) French: procréation (fr) f Georgian: გამრავლება (gamravleba), აღწარმოება (aɣc̣armoeba) (generational, formal) German: Fortpflanzung (de) f Greek: αναπαραγωγή (el) f (anaparagogí) Hindi: प्रजनन (hi) m (prajnan) Japanese: 生殖 (ja) (せいしょく, seishoku) Kazakh: қайта өсіру (qaita ösıru), ұдайы өсіп-өну (ūdaiy ösıp-önu) Korean: 생식 (ko) (saengsik) Macedonian: размножу́вање n (razmnožúvanje) Romanian: procreare (ro) f, procreație (ro) f Russian: воспроизво́дство (ru) n (vosproizvódstvo), деторожде́ние (ru) n (detoroždénije) (childbearing) Scottish Gaelic: gineamhainn m Spanish: procreación f Swedish: fortplantning (sv) c West Frisian: fuortplanting c

the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

Afrikaans: voortplanting (af) Dutch: (geslachtelijke) voortplanting f, (sexuele) procreatie f, reproductie (nl) f Finnish: lisääntyminen (fi) German: Fortpflanzung (de) n, Zeugung (de) f Greek: αναπαραγωγή (el) f (anaparagogí) Japanese: 生殖 (ja) (seishoku), 出産 (ja) (shussan) Polish: prokreacja (pl) f Scottish Gaelic: gineamhainn m Spanish: procreación f West Frisian: fuortplanting c

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Italian: (please verify) procreazione (it) f Korean: (please verify) 출산 (ko) (chulsan) Latin: (please verify) procreatio Portuguese: (please verify) procriação (pt) f Spanish: (please verify) procreación f Swedish: (please verify) fortplantning (sv)

See also

• propagation

Anagrams

• incorporate