reproductive

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ productive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːpɹəˈdʌktɪv/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʌktɪv

Adjective

reproductive (comparative more reproductive, superlative most reproductive)

1. Of or relating to reproduction.
   • 2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:

     In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, […]. 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. That reproduces.

Derived terms

• assisted reproductive technology
• basic reproductive number
• basic reproductive rate
• basic reproductive ratio
• nonreproductive
• porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome
• postreproductive
• prereproductive
• reproductive cell
• reproductive cloning
• reproductive division
• reproductive health
• reproductive justice
• reproductively
• reproductive medicine
• reproductiveness
• reproductive right
• reproductive system
• unreproductive

Translations

of or relating to reproduction

• Asturian: reproductor, reproductivu
• Belarusian: рэпрадукты́ўны (repraduktýwny), рэпрадукцы́йны (repradukcýjny)
• Bulgarian: размножителен (razmnožitelen)
• Catalan: reproductiu m, reproductor
• Esperanto: reprodukta
• Finnish: lisääntymis- (fi)
• French: reproductif (fr), reproducteur (fr)
• Galician: reprodutivo, reprodutor (gl)
• Georgian: რეპროდუქციული (reṗrodukciuli)
• German: reproduktiv (de), Fortpflanzungs- (de)
• Haitian Creole: repwodiktif
• Irish: sliochtmhar, atáirgeach
• Italian: riproduttivo (it)
• Malay: pembiakan (ms), reproduksi, reproduktif
• Polish: reprodukcyjny (pl)
• Portuguese: reprodutivo (pt), reprodutor (pt)
• Romanian: reproductiv (ro) m, reproducător (ro) m
• Russian: воспроизводи́тельный (ru) (vosproizvodítelʹnyj), репродукти́вный (ru) (reproduktívnyj), репродукцио́нный (ru) (reprodukciónnyj)
• Spanish: reproductivo (es), reproductor (es)
• Ukrainian: репродукти́вний (uk) (reproduktývnyj), репродукці́йний (reprodukcíjnyj)

Noun

reproductive (plural reproductives)

1. (biology) A reproductive organism (especially such as in an insect).

Anagrams

• overpictured

French

Adjective

reproductive

1. feminine singular of reproductif