insemination

See also: insémination

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

insemination (countable and uncountable, plural inseminations)

1. A sowing of seed; the act of inseminating.
2. The introduction of sperm into a female’s reproductive system for the purpose of impregnating (making pregnant).
   • 2010, Jeffrey Boss, Human Consciousness of God in the Book of Job, page 158:

     At the same time there is no fantasy, as there is in the teleportage of science fiction, or in the Greek myth that requires the insemination of a woman by a swan.

Derived terms

• artificial insemination
• intrauterine insemination
• traumatic insemination

 

Related terms

• inseminate

Translations

act of sowing seed

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 授精 (zh) (shòujīng)

• Finnish: kylvö (fi), kylväminen (fi); siementäminen (fi), siemennys (fi)
• Japanese: 受精 (ja) (じゅせい, jusei)
• Polish: zasiew (pl) m, posiew (pl) m
• Portuguese: semeadura (pt) f
• Romanian: însămânțare (ro)
• Russian: посе́в (ru) m (posév)
• Yoruba: ìfohun-ọmọ-sínú-abo

introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system

• Arabic: تَخْصِيب m (taḵṣīb)
• Armenian: բեղմնավորում (hy) (beġmnavorum)
• Basque: intseminazio
• Catalan: inseminació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 授精 (zh) (shòujīng)

• Dutch: inseminatie (nl) f
• Finnish: siittäminen (fi), siitos (fi), hedelmöittäminen (fi), hedelmöitys (fi)
• French: insémination (fr) f
• German: Besamung f, Befruchtung (de) f, Insemination (de) f
• Hungarian: megtermékenyítés (hu)
• Japanese: 授精 (じゅせい, jusei), 受精 (ja) (じゅせい, jusei)
• Malay: inseminasi, permanian
• Polish: zapłodnienie (pl) n, zaplemnienie n
• Portuguese: inseminação (pt) f
• Russian: оплодотворе́ние (ru) n (oplodotvorénije), осемене́ние (ru) n (osemenénije)
• Spanish: inseminación f
• Ukrainian: осімені́ння n (osimenínnja)