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 (usually uncountable, plural procreations)

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

Derived terms

• family of procreation

Related terms

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

Translations

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

• Afrikaans: voortplanting (af)
• Arabic: تَكَاثُر m (takāṯur)
• Bulgarian: размножение (bg) n (razmnoženie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生殖 (zh) (shēngzhí)

• Dutch: voortplanting (nl) f, procreatie (nl) f
• Finnish: lisääntyminen (fi)
• French: procréation (fr) f
• Georgian: გამრავლება (gamravleba), აღწარმოება (aɣc̣armoeba) (generational, formal)
• German: Fortpflanzung (de) f
• Greek: αναπαραγωγή (el) f (anaparagogí)
• Japanese: 生殖 (ja) (せいしょく, seishoku)
• Korean: 생식 (ko) (saengsik)
• Macedonian: размножу́вање n (razmnožúvanje)
• Romanian: procreare (ro) f, procreație (ro) f
• Russian: воспроизво́дство (ru) n (vosproizvódstvo), деторожде́ние (ru) n (detoroždénije) (childbearing)
• Scottish Gaelic: gineamhainn m
• Spanish: procreación f
• Swedish: fortplantning (sv) c
• West Frisian: fuortplanting c

the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

• Afrikaans: voortplanting (af)
• Dutch: (geslachtelijke) voortplanting f, (sexuele) procreatie f, reproductie (nl) f
• Finnish: lisääntyminen (fi)
• German: Fortpflanzung (de) n, Zeugung (de) f
• Greek: αναπαραγωγή (el) f (anaparagogí)
• Japanese: 生殖 (ja) (seishoku), 出産 (ja) (shussan)
• Polish: prokreacja (pl) f
• Scottish Gaelic: gineamhainn m
• Spanish: procreación f
• West Frisian: fuortplanting c

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} procreazione (it) f
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 출산 (ko) (chulsan)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} procreatio
• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} procriação (pt) f
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} procreación f
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} fortplantning (sv)

See also

• propagation

Anagrams

• incorporate