beget

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• UK, US: /bəˈɡɛt/
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From Middle English begeten [influenced by Old Norse geta ("to get, to guess")], from Old English beġietan (“to get”), from Proto-Germanic *bigetaną (“to find, seize”), equivalent to be- + get. Cognate with Old Saxon bigetan (“to find, seize”), Old High German bigezan (“to gain, achieve, win, procure”).

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: doğurmaq — cause, produce
• Azerbaijani: törətmək — cause, produce
• Azerbaijani: əmələ gətirmək — cause, produce
• Bulgarian: пораждам (poraždam) — cause, produce
• Bulgarian: предизвиквам (predizvikvam) — cause, produce
• Catalan: engendrar — cause, produce
• Chinese Mandarin: 招致 (zhāozhì) — cause, produce
• Czech: počít — cause, produce
• Czech: vyvolat — cause, produce
• Czech: zapříčinit — cause, produce
• Czech: způsobovat — cause, produce
• Czech: způsobit — cause, produce
• Danish: afføde — cause, produce
• Danish: skabe — cause, produce
• Dutch: veroorzaken — cause, produce
• Egyptian: ir (jrj) — cause, produce
• Esperanto: generi — cause, produce
• Finnish: synnyttää — cause, produce
• Finnish: aiheuttaa — cause, produce
• French: engendrer — cause, produce
• Galician: xerar — cause, produce
• Georgian: წარმოქმნა (c̣armokmna) — cause, produce
• Georgian: წარმოშობა (c̣armošoba) — cause, produce
• German: erzeugen — cause, produce
• Greek: προκαλώ (prokaló) — cause, produce
• Ancient Greek: γεννάω (gennáō) — cause, produce
• Ancient Greek: γείνομαι (geínomai) — cause, produce
• Hungarian: okoz — cause, produce
• Hungarian: kelt — cause, produce
• Hungarian: előidéz — cause, produce
• Hungarian: maga után von — cause, produce
• Italian: generare — cause, produce
• Japanese: 来たす (kitasu) — cause, produce
• Macedonian: ра́ѓа (ráǵa) — cause, produce
• Macedonian: преди́звика (predízvika) — cause, produce
• Norwegian Bokmål: skape — cause, produce
• Norwegian Bokmål: avføde — cause, produce
• Norwegian Bokmål: forårsake — cause, produce
• Polish: spowodować — cause, produce
• Portuguese: engendrar — cause, produce
• Portuguese: gerar — cause, produce
• Russian: порожда́ть (poroždátʹ) — cause, produce
• Russian: породи́ть (porodítʹ) — cause, produce
• Russian: производи́ть (proizvodítʹ) — cause, produce
• Russian: произвести́ (proizvestí) — cause, produce
• Sanskrit: जनयति (janayati) — cause, produce
• Serbo-Croatian: uroditi — cause, produce
• Spanish: engendrar — cause, produce
• Tocharian B: täm- — cause, produce
• Arabic: أَنْجَبَ (ʔanjaba) — procreate
• Azerbaijani: törətmək — procreate
• Azerbaijani: əkmək — procreate
• Azerbaijani: doğmaq — procreate
• Bulgarian: зачевам (začevam) — procreate
• Catalan: concebre — procreate
• Chinese Mandarin: 生育 (shēngyù) — procreate
• Chinese Mandarin: 生殖 (shēngzhí) — procreate
• Chinese Mandarin: 產生 /产生 (chǎnshēng) — procreate
• Mwali Comorian: udzaya — procreate
• Czech: plodit — procreate
• Danish: avle — procreate
• Dutch: verwekken — procreate
• Dutch: voortbrengen — procreate
• Finnish: hedelmöittää — procreate
• Finnish: siittää — procreate
• French: procréer — procreate
• French: engendrer — procreate
• Galician: xerar — procreate
• Georgian: დასაბამს აძლევს (dasabams aʒlevs) — procreate
• Georgian: შობა (šoba) — procreate
• German: zeugen — procreate
• German: sich fortpflanzen — procreate
• Greek: γεννώ (gennó) — procreate
• Greek: παράγω (parágo) — procreate
• Ancient Greek: γεννάω (gennáō) — procreate
• Ancient Greek: γείνομαι (geínomai) — procreate
• Hebrew: ילד (yalád) — procreate
• Hungarian: nemz — procreate
• Old Irish: do·fuissim — procreate
• Italian: generare — procreate
• Japanese: 生む (umu) — procreate
• Macedonian: за́чне (záčne) — procreate
• Macedonian: по́роди (pórodi) — procreate
• Māori: ahi — procreate
• Māori: ai — procreate
• Portuguese: ter filho — procreate
• Portuguese: gerar — procreate
• Portuguese: procriar — procreate
• Romanian: procrea — procreate
• Russian: производи́ть пото́мство (proizvodítʹ potómstvo) — procreate
• Russian: произвести́ пото́мство (proizvestí potómstvo) — procreate
• Russian: порожда́ть (poroždátʹ) — procreate
• Russian: породи́ть (porodítʹ) — procreate
• Russian: рожа́ть (rožátʹ) — procreate
• Russian: рожда́ть (roždátʹ) — procreate
• Russian: роди́ть (rodítʹ) — procreate
• Russian: производи́ть на свет (proizvodítʹ na svet) — procreate
• Russian: произвести́ на свет (proizvestí na svet) — procreate
• Sanskrit: जनयति (janayati) — procreate
• Serbo-Croatian: poroditi — procreate
• Spanish: concebir — procreate
• Swedish: avla — procreate
• Tocharian B: täm- — procreate