mating season

noun

The time of the year during which members of a certain species of animal tend to mate.

Similar
breeding season
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Meanings

nounmating season (plural mating seasons)

plural mating seasons

  1. biologyThe time of the year during which members of a certain species of animal tend to mate.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe breeding season is the most suitable season, usually with favourable conditions and abundant food and water, for breeding.

Similar
breeding season
Broader
season

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 發情期 /发情期
  • 發情期 /发情期 (fāqíngqī)time of year during which animals mate
Dutch paarseizoen, paartijd
  • paarseizoentime of year during which animals mate
  • paartijdtime of year during which animals mate
  • bronsttijdtime of year during which animals mate
Finnish parittelukausi, kiima-aika
  • parittelukausitime of year during which animals mate
  • kiima-aikatime of year during which animals mate
French saison des amours
  • saison des amourstime of year during which animals mate
German Paarungszeit, Brunftzeit
  • Paarungszeittime of year during which animals mate
  • Brunftzeittime of year during which animals mate
  • Ranzzeittime of year during which animals mate
Hungarian párzási időszak
  • párzási időszaktime of year during which animals mate
Indonesian musim kawin
  • musim kawintime of year during which animals mate
Italian stagione degli amori
  • stagione degli amoritime of year during which animals mate
Japanese 発情期
  • 発情期 (hatsujōki)time of year during which animals mate
Norwegian Bokmål brunsttid, løpetid
  • brunsttidtime of year during which animals mate
  • løpetidtime of year during which animals mate
Polish okres godowy
  • okres godowytime of year during which animals mate
Spanish brama
  • bramatime of year during which animals mate
Swedish parningstid
  • parningstidtime of year during which animals mate
Welsh tymor paru
  • tymor parutime of year during which animals mate
Cite this entry
APA

mating season. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mating%20season

MLA

“mating season.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mating%20season. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mating season,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mating%20season.

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