Meanings
present singular third person reproduces · participle present reproducing · participle past reproduced · past reproduced
- intransitivetransitivebiologyTo generate or propagate offspring or organisms sexually or asexually.
1 more example
The 12-page ruling notes that “Marriage is when a man and a woman are willing to live together, to build a husband and wife relationship to reproduce their offspring […] . Marriage is, therefore, reserved for only a man and a woman.” Other parts in the verdict also mention that members of the LGBTQIA+ community cannot reproduce, as it is against nature, and that people of those communities are no different to other animals with strange behaviours or physical features.
2021 December 3, Thai PBS, “Constitutional Court’s full verdict enrages LGBT community, rights defenders”, in Thai PBS World, Bangkok: Thai Public Broadcasting Service, retrieved 04 Dec 2021
Synonyms & antonyms
verbhave offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*pér
- Proto-Indo-European*pró
- Proto-Indo-European*pro-
- Proto-Italic*pro-
- Latinprō-
- Proto-Indo-European*dewk-
- Proto-Indo-European*déwkti
- Proto-Italic*doukō
- Latindūcō
- Latinprōdūcō
- Middle Englishproduce
- Englishproduce
- Englishreproduce
Translations
Ancient Greek γεννηματίζω
- γεννηματίζω (gennēmatízō)to generate offspring
Bulgarian възпроизвеждам, пораждам
- възпроизвеждам (văzproizveždam)to produce an image or copy of something
- пораждам (poraždam)to generate offspring
- размножавам (razmnožavam)to generate offspring
- пресъздавам (presăzdavam)to produce again, to recreate
Catalan reproduir, reproduir-se
- reproduirto produce an image or copy of something
- reproduir-seto generate offspring
Chinese Mandarin 複製 /复制
- 複製 /复制 (fùzhì)to produce an image or copy of something
Czech rozmnožit, rozmnožit se
- rozmnožitto produce an image or copy of something
- rozmnožit seto generate offspring
Dutch reproduceren, voortplanten
- reproducerento produce an image or copy of something
- voortplantento generate offspring
- recreërento produce again, to recreate
- reproducerento produce again, to recreate
Esperanto reprodukti
- reproduktito produce an image or copy of something
Finnish toisintaa, lisääntyä
- toisintaato produce an image or copy of something
- lisääntyäto generate offspring
- jatkaa sukuato generate offspring
French reproduire, se reproduire
- reproduireto produce an image or copy of something
- se reproduireto generate offspring
- reproduireto produce again, to recreate
German reproduzieren, vermehren
- reproduzierento produce an image or copy of something
- vermehrento generate offspring
- fortpflanzento generate offspring
Hebrew התרבה, שחזר
- התרבה (hitrabá)to generate offspring
- שחזר (shikhzér)to produce again, to recreate
- שחזר (shikhzér)to bring something to mind
Irish síolaigh
- síolaighto generate offspring
Italian riprodurre, riprodursi
- riprodurreto produce an image or copy of something
- riprodursito generate offspring
- riprodurreto produce again, to recreate
- ricreareto produce again, to recreate
- richiamareto bring something to mind
Latin resēminō, recreō
- resēminōto generate offspring
- recreōto produce again, to recreate
Latvian pavairot, vairoties
- pavairotto produce an image or copy of something
- vairotiesto generate offspring
Norwegian gjenskape
- gjenskapeto produce an image or copy of something
Norwegian Bokmål reprodusere
- reprodusereto generate offspring
Portuguese reproduzir, reproduzir
- reproduzirto produce an image or copy of something
- reproduzirto generate offspring
Romanian reproduce, reproduce
- reproduceto produce an image or copy of something
- reproduceto produce again, to recreate
Russian воспроизводи́ть, воспроизвести́
- воспроизводи́ть (vosproizvodítʹ)to produce an image or copy of something
- воспроизвести́ (vosproizvestí)to produce an image or copy of something
- порожда́ть (poroždátʹ)to generate offspring
- породи́ть (porodítʹ)to generate offspring
- размножа́ться (razmnožátʹsja)to generate offspring
- размно́житься (razmnóžitʹsja)to generate offspring
Spanish reproducir, reproducirse
- reproducirto produce an image or copy of something
- reproducirseto generate offspring
- reproducirto produce again, to recreate
Swedish reproducera, föröka
- reproducerato produce an image or copy of something
- förökato generate offspring
- återskapato produce again, to recreate
- återkallato bring something to mind
- dra sig till minnesto bring something to mind
Tagalog mag-anak
- mag-anakto generate offspring
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Cite this entry
reproduce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reproduce
“reproduce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reproduce. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reproduce,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reproduce.
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