procreation

Meaning

1. (uncountable, usually) The process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind
2. (uncountable, usually) The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring

Synonyms

reproduction

generation

production

propagation

birth

begetting

multiplication

offspring

breeding

facts of life

progeniture

progeny

proliferation

conception

brood

delivery

derivation

manufacture

nascency

nativity

output

child-bearing

accretion

Translations

procréation

procreación

procreazione

procriação

Zeugung

Fortpflanzung

voortplanting

reprodução

procreatio

procreatie

procreació

reproduction

reproducció

αναπαραγωγή

προκατασκευή

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”)