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Webster 1913 Edition

Procreation

Proˊcre-a′tion

,

Noun.

[F.

procréation

, L,

procreatio

.]

The act of begetting; generation and production of young.

South.

Webster 1828 Edition

Procreation

PROCREA'TION

,

Noun.

[L. procreatio.]

The act of begetting; generation and production of young.

Definition 2024

procreation

procreation

See also: procréation

English

Noun

procreation ‎(usually uncountable, plural procreations)

The process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind
The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring

Synonyms

reproduction

Related terms

Translations

the process by which an organism produces others of its kind

Chinese:
Mandarin: 生殖 (zh) ‎(shēngzhí)
Dutch: voortplanting (nl) f, procreatie (nl) f
Finnish: lisääntyminen (fi)
French: procréation (fr) f
German: Fortpflanzung (de) f

Greek: αναπαραγωγή (el) f ‎(anaparagogí)
Japanese: 生殖 (ja) ‎(せいしょく, seishoku)
Russian: воспроизво́дство (ru) n ‎(vosproizvódstvo), деторожде́ние (ru) n ‎(detoroždénije) (childbearing)
Scottish Gaelic: gineamhainn m
Swahili: jamiana (sw)
Swedish: fortplantning (sv) c

the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

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 ‎(shussan)
Scottish Gaelic: gineamhainn m
Swahili: jamiana (sw)

See also

propagation

Anagrams

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