Procreation — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pɹˌɑːkɹiːˈeɪʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/pɹˌɒkɹiːˈeɪʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pɹˌɒkɹiːˈeɪʃən/

3 syllables Say it as /pɹˌɑːkɹiːˈeɪʃən/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

facts of life reproduction breeding

Word Forms

reproduce	verb	have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
procreate	verb	have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
breed	verb	have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Zeugung

die sexuelle Aktivität der Zeugung und Geburt von Nachkommen

🇫🇷French

procréation

l'activité sexuelle consistant à concevoir et à avoir une progéniture

🇪🇸Spanish

procreación

la actividad sexual de concebir y tener descendencia

🇮🇹Italian

procreazione

l’attività sessuale di concepire e generare prole

🇳🇱Dutch

voortplanting

de seksuele activiteit van het verwekken en baren van nakomelingen

🇵🇹Portuguese

procriação

a atividade sexual de conceber e gerar descendentes

🇷🇺Russian

деторождение

сексуальная активность по зачатию и вынашиванию потомства

India

🇮🇳Hindi

प्रसव

गर्भधारण करने और संतान पैदा करने की यौन गतिविधि

🇧🇩Bengali

প্রজনন

গর্ভধারণ এবং সন্তান জন্মদানের যৌন কার্যকলাপ

🇮🇳Tamil

இனப்பெருக்கம்

கருத்தரித்தல் மற்றும் சந்ததியைப் பெறுதல் ஆகியவற்றின் பாலியல் செயல்பாடு

🇮🇳Telugu

సంతానం

గర్భం ధరించడం మరియు సంతానం కనే లైంగిక చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

प्रजनन

गर्भधारणा आणि संतती जन्माला घालण्याची लैंगिक क्रिया

🇮🇳Gujarati

પ્રજનન

ગર્ભધારણ અને સંતાન પેદા કરવાની જાતીય પ્રવૃત્તિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಂತಾನೋತ್ಪತ್ತಿ

ಗರ್ಭಧರಿಸುವ ಮತ್ತು ಸಂತತಿಯನ್ನು ಹೊಂದುವ ಲೈಂಗಿಕ ಚಟುವಟಿಕೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സന്താനോല്പാദനം

ഗർഭം ധരിക്കുന്നതിനും പ്രസവിക്കുന്നതിനുമുള്ള ലൈംഗിക പ്രവർത്തനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪ੍ਰਜਨਨ

ਬੱਚੇ ਪੈਦਾ ਕਰਨ ਅਤੇ ਪੈਦਾ ਕਰਨ ਦੀ ਜਿਨਸੀ ਗਤੀਵਿਧੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

افزائش

حاملہ ہونے اور اولاد پیدا کرنے کی جنسی سرگرمی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

生殖

怀孕和生育后代的性活动

🇯🇵Japanese

出産

妊娠して子孫を残す性行為

🇰🇷Korean

출산

임신하고 자손을 낳는 성행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự sinh sản

hoạt động tình dục của việc thụ thai và sinh con

🇹🇭Thai

การคลอดบุตร

กิจกรรมทางเพศของการตั้งครรภ์และการคลอดบุตร

🇮🇩Indonesian

prokreasi

aktivitas seksual untuk mengandung dan melahirkan keturunan

🇵🇭Filipino

pagpapaanak

ang sekswal na aktibidad ng paglilihi at panganganak

🇲🇾Malay

peranakan

aktiviti seksual mengandung dan melahirkan zuriat

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الإنجاب

النشاط الجنسي للحمل والإنجاب

🇮🇷Persian

تولید مثل

فعالیت جنسی در باردار شدن و بچه دار شدن

🇹🇷Turkish

üreme

çocuk sahibi olmanın ve doğurmanın cinsel aktivitesi

🇮🇱Hebrew

הוֹלָדָה

הפעילות המינית של הריון והולדת צאצאים

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