Meanings
nounreproduction (countable and uncountable, plural reproductions)
plural reproductions
- countableuncountablebiologyThe act of reproducing new individuals biologically.
Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.
2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3 - countableuncountableThe act of making copies.
Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited.
- countableuncountablecomputingA method for reproducing a bug or problem.
Could you file a bug at on the issue tracker with a minimum reproduction so that we can investigate?
2020, Joe Tsai, “[Bug?] Repeated imported enum cause panic in golang”, in protobuf mailing list
Synonyms & antonyms
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nounrecall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall
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reproductive memory
nouncopy that is not the original; something that has been copied
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Broader
nounthe sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
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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
- Latinprōductiō
- Old Frenchproduction
- Middle Englishproduccioun
- Englishproduction
- Englishreproduction
From re- + production.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans voortplanting
- voortplantingthe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
Arabic تَكَاثُر
- تَكَاثُر (takāṯur)the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
Bengali প্রজনন
- প্রজনন (projonon)the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
Bulgarian размножа́ване, възпроизвеждане
- размножа́ване (razmnožávane)the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- възпроизвеждане (văzproizveždane)act of making copies
- копие (kopie)a duplicate
- репродукция (reprodukcija)a duplicate
Catalan reproducció, reproducció
- reproduccióthe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- reproduccióact of making copies
- reproduccióa duplicate
Chinese Cantonese 生殖, 複製 /复制
- 生殖the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- 複製 /复制 (fuk¹ zai³)a duplicate
Chinese Mandarin 生殖, 複製 /复制
- 生殖 (shēngzhí)the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- 複製 /复制 (fùzhì)a duplicate
Czech rozmnožování, reprodukce
- rozmnožováníthe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- reprodukcea duplicate
Danish formering, reproduktion
- formeringthe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- reproduktionthe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- reproduktiona duplicate
Dutch voortplanting, reproductie
- voortplantingthe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- reproductiethe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- vermenigvuldigingact of making copies
- reproductiea duplicate
Esperanto reprodukto generado, reprodukto
- reprodukto generadothe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- reproduktoa duplicate
- kopioa duplicate
Estonian paljunemine
- paljuneminethe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
Finnish lisääntyminen, suvun jatkaminen
- lisääntyminenthe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- suvun jatkaminenthe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- kopioa duplicate
- kaksoiskappalea duplicate
French reproduction, reproduction
- reproductionthe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- reproductiona duplicate
German Fortpflanzung, Reproduktion
- Fortpflanzungthe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- Reproduktionthe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
Greek αναπαραγωγή, αντίγραφο
- αναπαραγωγή (anaparagogí)the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- αντίγραφο (antígrafo)a duplicate
Hindi प्रजनन
- प्रजनन (prajnan)the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
Hungarian szaporodás, reprodukció
- szaporodásthe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- reprodukcióa duplicate
Indonesian reproduksi, pembiakan
- reproduksithe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- pembiakanthe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
Irish atáirgeadh, macasamhail
- atáirgeadhthe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- macasamhaila duplicate
Italian riproduzione, riproduzione
- riproduzionethe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- riproduzionea duplicate
- duplicatoa duplicate
Japanese 生殖, 複製
- 生殖 (seishoku)the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- 複製 (fukusei)a duplicate
Korean 생식, 복제본
- 생식 (saengsik)the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- 복제본 (bokjebon)a duplicate
- 복사본 (boksabon)a duplicate
Latvian vairošanās
- vairošanāsthe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
Lithuanian dauginimasis
- dauginimasisthe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
Malay pembiakan
- pembiakanthe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
Norwegian Bokmål reproduksjon, eksemplarfremstilling
- reproduksjonthe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- eksemplarfremstillingact of making copies
- reproduksjona duplicate
Persian تولید مثل, زاداوری
- تولید مثل (towlid-e mesl)the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- زاداوری (zādāvari)the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
Polish prokreacja, reprodukcja
- prokreacjathe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- reprodukcjathe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- rozmnażaniethe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- reprodukcjaa duplicate
Portuguese reprodução, reprodução
- reproduçãothe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- reproduçãoa duplicate
Romanian reproducere, reproducție
- reproducerethe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- reproducțiethe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- reproducerea duplicate
- duplicata duplicate
- duplicarea duplicate
Russian размноже́ние, ко́пия
- размноже́ние (razmnožénije)the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- ко́пия (kópija)a duplicate
- репроду́кция (reprodúkcija)a duplicate
- копи́рование (kopírovanije)a duplicate
Slovak rozmnožovanie
- rozmnožovaniethe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
Spanish reproducción, reproducción
- reproducciónthe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- reproducciónact of making copies
- producción de copiasact of making copies
- reproduccióna duplicate
Swedish reproduktion, fortplantning
- reproduktionthe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- fortplantningthe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- replikaa duplicate
Tagalog reproduksiyon, reproduksyon
- reproduksiyonthe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- reproduksyonthe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- balisuplinganthe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- reproduksiyona duplicate
- reproduksyona duplicate
Thai การสืบพันธุ์
- การสืบพันธุ์ (gaan-sʉ̀ʉp-pan)the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
Turkish üreme
- üremethe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
Ukrainian розмно́ження, репроду́кція
- розмно́ження (rozmnóžennja)the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- репроду́кція (reprodúkcija)the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- відтво́рення (vidtvórennja)the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
- відтво́рення (vidtvórennja)act of making copies
Vietnamese sự sinh sản
- sự sinh sảnthe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
Welsh atgenhedlu
- atgenhedluthe act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
Cite this entry
APA
reproduction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reproduction
MLA
“reproduction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reproduction. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reproduction,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reproduction.
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