reproduction

English

Etymology

re- +‎ production

Noun

reproduction (countable and uncountable, plural reproductions)

1. The act of reproducing new individuals biologically.
   • 2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:

     Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.

2. The act of making copies.

   Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited.

3. A copy of something, as in a piece of art; a duplicate.

   Jim was proud of the Rembrandt reproduction he owned.

Synonyms

• (sense 1): procreation
• (senses 2, 3): repro

Derived terms

• sexual reproduction
• asexual reproduction

Related terms

• reproduce

Translations

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

the act of reproducing new individuals biologically

• Afrikaans: voortplanting (af)
• Arabic: تَكَاثُر m (takāṯur)

  Egyptian Arabic: تكاثر m (takāsur)

• Catalan: reproducció (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 生殖 (sang¹ zik⁶)

  Mandarin: 生殖 (zh) (shēngzhí)

  Min Nan: 生湠 (zh-min-nan) (senn-thuànn/sinn-thuànn)

• Czech: rozmnožování (cs) n
• Dutch: voortplanting (nl) f
• Finnish: lisääntyminen (fi), suvun jatkaminen
• French: reproduction (fr) f
• German: Fortpflanzung (de) f, Reproduktion (de) f
• Greek: αναπαραγωγή (el) f (anaparagogí)
• Hindi: प्रजनन (hi) (prajnan)
• Irish: atáirgeadh m
• Italian: riproduzione (it) f
• Japanese: 生殖 (ja) (せいしょく, seishoku)
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• Korean: 생식 (ko) (saengsik) (生殖 (ko))
• Macedonian: размножување n (razmnožuvanje)
• Malay: pembiakan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: reproduksjon m

  Nynorsk: reproduksjon m

• Polish: prokreacja (pl), reprodukcja (pl) f, rozmnażanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: reprodução (pt) f
• Romanian: reproducere (ro) f, reproducție (ro) f
• Russian: размноже́ние (ru) n (razmnožénije)
• Slovene: razmnoževanje (sl) n, reprodukcija f
• Spanish: reproducción (es) f
• Sundanese: ᮘᮛᮔᮠᮔ᮪ (baranahan)
• Swedish: reproduktion (sv) c, fortplantning (sv) c
• Tagalog: reproduksiyon, reproduksyon, balisuplingan
• Vietnamese: sinh sản (vi)
• Welsh: atgenhedlu (cy)
• West Frisian: fuortplanting c

act of making copies

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: eksemplarfremstilling m or f

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a duplicate

• Catalan: reproducció (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 複製／复制 (fuk¹ zai³), 复制 (fuk¹ zai³)

  Mandarin: 複製／复制 (zh) (fùzhì), 复制 (zh) (fùzhì)

• Czech: reprodukce (cs) f
• Danish: reproduktion (da)
• Esperanto: reprodukto
• Finnish: kopio (fi), kaksoiskappale
• French: reproduction (fr) f
• Greek: αντίγραφο (el) n (antígrafo)
• Hungarian: reprodukció (hu)
• Italian: riproduzione (it) f, duplicato (it) m
• Japanese: 複製 (ja) (ふくせい, fukusei)
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• Korean: 복제 (ko) (bokje)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: reproduksjon m

  Nynorsk: reproduksjon m

• Polish: reprodukcja (pl)
• Portuguese: reprodução (pt) f
• Romanian: reproducere (ro) f, duplicat (ro) n, duplicare
• Russian: ко́пия (ru) f (kópija), репроду́кция (ru) f (reprodúkcija), копи́рование (ru) n (kopírovanije) (action)
• Slovene: reprodukcija f
• Spanish: reproducción (es) f
• Swedish: replika (sv) c
• Tagalog: reproduksiyon, reproduksyon

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.pʁɔ.dyk.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

reproduction f (plural reproductions)

1. reproduction

Related terms

• production
• reproductible
• reproductif
• reproduire

Further reading

• “reproduction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.