inbreeding

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ

Verb

inbreeding

1. present participle and gerund of inbreed

Noun

inbreeding (countable and uncountable, plural inbreedings)

1. (biology) Breeding between members of a relatively small population, especially one in which most members are related.

   Inbreeding can result in handicapped children.

Synonyms

• incest

Derived terms

• inbreeding depression

Translations

breeding between members of small population

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 近親繁殖／近亲繁殖 (zh) (jìnqīn fánzhí), 近親交配／近亲交配 (zh) (jìnqīn jiāopèi), 近交 (jìnjiāo)

• Danish: indavl c
• Dutch: inteelt (nl) f
• Finnish: sisäsiitos (fi)
• French: consanguinité (fr) f
• German: Inzucht (de) f
• Greek: ενδογαμία (el) f (endogamía)
• Hungarian: beltenyészet (hu), beltenyésztés (hu)
• Indonesian: silang dalam (id), silang sanak
• Japanese: 近親交配 (きんしんこうはい, kinshin kōhai)
• Malay: biakbaka dalam
• Manx: ynsheelraghey m
• Maori: aitata, pūpukurau
• Norwegian: innavl (no) m
• Polish: chów wsobny (pl) m
• Portuguese: endocruzamento m
• Russian: инбри́динг (ru) m (inbríding), межро́дственное скре́щивание n (mežródstvennoje skréščivanije), инцу́хт (ru) m (incúxt) (of plants)
• Spanish: endogamia (es) f
• Swedish: inavel (sv) c