procreation
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See also: procréation
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Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun[edit]
procreation (usually uncountable, plural procreations)
- The process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind
- The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring
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Translations[edit]
the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction
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the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
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