procreation

See also: procréation

English

Etymology

From Old French procreacion, from Latin prōcreātiō (“generation”), the noun of action from prōcreāre (“to bring forth”), itself from prō- (“forth”) +‎ creāre (“to create”). First attested in c. 1386.

Pronunciation

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• 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
• nonprocreation
• procreational
• procreationist

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)
• Catalan: procreació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生殖 (zh) (shēngzhí)

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

  West Frisian: fuortplanting c

• Georgian: გამრავლება (gamravleba), აღწარმოება (aɣc̣armoeba) (generational, formal)
• German: Fortpflanzung (de) f
• Greek: αναπαραγωγή (el) f (anaparagogí)

  Ancient Greek: παιδοποιία f (paidopoiía)

• Hindi: प्रजनन (hi) m (prajnan)
• Italian: procreazione (it) f
• Japanese: 生殖 (ja) (せいしょく, seishoku)
• Kazakh: қайта өсіру (qayta ösirüw), ұдайы өсіп-өну (udayı ösip-önüw)
• Korean: 생식 (ko) (saengsik)
• Macedonian: размножу́вање n (razmnožúvanje)
• Portuguese: procriação (pt) f
• 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

the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

• Afrikaans: voortplanting (af)
• Dutch: (geslachtelijke) voortplanting f, (sexuele) procreatie f, reproductie (nl) f
• Finnish: lisääntyminen (fi)
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: fuortplanting c

• 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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

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