procreation

See also procréation

English

Etymology

Recorded since circa 1386, from Old French procreacion (14th century; Modern French procréation), from Latin procreatio (“generation”), the noun of action from procreare (“to bring forth (offspring)”), itself from pro- (“forth”) + creare (“to create”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

procreation (uncountable)

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

Related terms

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

Translations

the process by which an organism produces others of its kind

Dutch: voortplanting (nl) f., procreatie (nl) f. Finnish: lisääntyminen (fi) French: procréation (fr) f.

Japanese: please add this translation if you can: (microorganism) 増殖 (ja) (zōshoku) Russian: воспроизводство (ru) (vosproizvódstvo) n. Swahili: jamiana (sw)

the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

Dutch: (geslachtelijke) voortplanting f., (sexuele) procreatie f., reproductie (nl) f. Finnish: lisääntyminen (fi) German: Fortpflanzung (de) n., Zeugung (de) f.

Japanese: 生殖 (ja) (seishoku), 出産 (ja) (shussan) Swahili: jamiana (sw)

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Mandarin: 生育 (shengyu) Greek: προκατασκευή (prokatskeué) Italian: procreazione f.

Korean: 출산 (chulsan) Latin: procreatio Scottish Gaelic: gineamhainn m. Spanish: procreación f. Swedish: fortplantning

See also

• propagation

Anagrams

• incorporate