noun · uncountable · rare

procreation

воспроизводство, деторождение

Fortpflanzung, Zeugung

The process by which an organism produces others of its biological kindThe process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind

US/pɹˈoʊkɹiˈeɪʃən/

» Procreation does not interest me.

Размножение меня не интересует.

Продолжение рода мне неинтересно.

Розмноження мене не цікавить.

Мене не цікавить розмноження.

Meaning

2 senses

(uncountable, usually)The process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind
Fortpflanzung
воспроизво́дствоvosproizvódstvo, деторожде́ниеdetoroždénije
(uncountable, usually)The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring
Fortpflanzung, Zeugung
the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

Examples

2 sentences

Procreation does not interest me.
Розмноження мене не цікавить.
ruРазмножение меня не интересует.
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It most definitely doesn't mean that our men are kept primarily for breeding stock and procreation.
ruЭто определённо не означает, что наших мужчин держат в основном для размножения и продолжения рода.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

the process by which an organism produces others of its kind — see also reproduction:

the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring:

Origin

From Old French procreacion, from Latin prōcreātiō (“generation”), the noun of action from

From Old French procreacion, from Latin prōcreātiō (“generation”), the noun of action from prōcreāre (“to bring forth”), itself from prō- (“forth”) + creāre (“to create”). First attested in c. 1386.

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