Spawn — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs

call forth

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/spˈɔːn/

🇬🇧British English

/spˈɔːn/

🇮🇳Indian English

/spˈɔːn/

1 syllable Say it as /spˈɔːn/.

Examples

The salmon swims upstream to spawn

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

breed engender

Parts of Speech

noun	the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs
verb	call forth
verb	lay spawn “The salmon swims upstream to spawn”

Word Forms

spawner

noun

a female fish at spawning time

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

laichen

die Masse der von Fischen, Amphibien oder Weichtieren abgelegten Eier

🇫🇷French

frayer

la masse d'œufs déposés par des poissons ou des amphibiens ou des mollusques

🇪🇸Spanish

desovar

la masa de huevos depositados por peces o anfibios o moluscos

🇮🇹Italian

generare

la massa di uova depositate da pesci o anfibi o molluschi

🇳🇱Dutch

paaien

de massa eieren die wordt afgezet door vissen, amfibieën of weekdieren

🇵🇹Portuguese

gerar

a massa de ovos depositada por peixes ou anfíbios ou moluscos

🇷🇺Russian

порождать

масса яиц, откладываемых рыбами, амфибиями или моллюсками

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अंडे

मछली या उभयचर या मोलस्क द्वारा जमा किए गए अंडों का द्रव्यमान

🇧🇩Bengali

স্পন

মাছ বা উভচর বা মলাস্ক দ্বারা জমা করা ডিমের ভর

🇮🇳Tamil

முட்டையிடும்

மீன் அல்லது நீர்வீழ்ச்சிகள் அல்லது மொல்லஸ்க்களால் டெபாசிட் செய்யப்பட்ட முட்டைகளின் நிறை

🇮🇳Telugu

మొలకెత్తుతుంది

చేపలు లేదా ఉభయచరాలు లేదా మొలస్క్‌లచే డిపాజిట్ చేయబడిన గుడ్ల ద్రవ్యరాశి

🇮🇳Marathi

अंडी

मासे किंवा उभयचर किंवा मॉलस्कसद्वारे जमा केलेल्या अंड्यांचे वस्तुमान

🇮🇳Gujarati

સ્પાન

માછલી અથવા ઉભયજીવી અથવા મોલસ્ક દ્વારા જમા કરાયેલ ઇંડાનો સમૂહ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮೊಟ್ಟೆಯಿಡುತ್ತವೆ

ಮೀನು ಅಥವಾ ಉಭಯಚರಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ಮೃದ್ವಂಗಿಗಳಿಂದ ಠೇವಣಿ ಮಾಡಿದ ಮೊಟ್ಟೆಗಳ ದ್ರವ್ಯರಾಶಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മുട്ടയിടുക

മത്സ്യമോ ഉഭയജീവികളോ മോളസ്കുകളോ നിക്ഷേപിക്കുന്ന മുട്ടകളുടെ പിണ്ഡം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਪੋਨ

ਮੱਛੀ ਜਾਂ ਉਭੀਬੀਆਂ ਜਾਂ ਮੋਲਸਕਸ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਜਮ੍ਹਾਂ ਕੀਤੇ ਅੰਡੇ ਦਾ ਪੁੰਜ

🇵🇰Urdu

انڈے

مچھلی یا امبیبیئنز یا مولسک کے ذریعہ جمع کردہ انڈوں کا بڑا حصہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

产卵

鱼类、两栖动物或软体动物产下的卵的质量

🇯🇵Japanese

スポーン

魚、両生類、軟体動物が産む卵の塊

🇰🇷Korean

알

어류, 양서류, 연체동물이 낳은 알의 덩어리

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sinh sản

khối lượng trứng do cá hoặc động vật lưỡng cư hoặc động vật thân mềm tạo ra

🇹🇭Thai

วางไข่

มวลของไข่ที่สะสมโดยปลา สัตว์ครึ่งบกครึ่งน้ำ หรือหอย

🇮🇩Indonesian

menelurkan

massa telur yang disimpan oleh ikan atau amfibi atau moluska

🇵🇭Filipino

mangitlog

ang masa ng mga itlog na idineposito ng mga isda o amphibian o mollusc

🇲🇾Malay

bertelur

jisim telur yang dimendapkan oleh ikan atau amfibia atau moluska

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تفرخ

كتلة البيض التي تضعها الأسماك أو البرمائيات أو الرخويات

🇮🇷Persian

تخمریزی

توده تخم‌های رسوب‌شده توسط ماهی‌ها یا دوزیستان یا نرم تنان

🇹🇷Turkish

yumurtlamak

balıklar, amfibiler veya yumuşakçalar tarafından bırakılan yumurta kütlesi

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְהַשְׁרִיץ

מסת הביצים שהופקדו על ידי דגים או דו-חיים או רכיכות

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The primary meaning of 'spawn' is 'the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs'.

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