procreation

See also: procréation

English

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”)

Pronunciation
  • 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

Translations
the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see reproduction
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