breed

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• /ˈbɹiːd/
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Inherited from Middle English breden, from Old English brēdan, from Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną (“to brood”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhreh1- (“warm”). Cognate with Scots brede, breid, Saterland Frisian briede, West Frisian briede, Low German bröden, Dutch broeden, German brüten.

284 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: порода (poroda) — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Catalan: raça — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Catalan: varietat — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Czech: plemeno — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Czech: rasa — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Danish: race — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Danish: sort — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Dutch: variëteit — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Esperanto: raso — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Finnish: lajike — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Finnish: rotu — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Galician: raza — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Galician: variedade — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• German: Rasse — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• German: Zuchtrasse — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Greek: ράτσα (rátsa) — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Hebrew: זַן (zan) — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Hungarian: fajta — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Irish: síolrach — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Korean: 품종 (pumjong) — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Kyrgyz: порода (poroda) — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Low German: Raaß — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Low German: Rooß — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Malay: baka — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Norwegian Bokmål: rase — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rase — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Polish: gatunek — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Portuguese: raça — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Portuguese: variedade — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Russian: поро́да (poróda) — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Russian: сорт m plants (sort) — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Scottish Gaelic: gnè — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Scottish Gaelic: seòrsa — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Slovak: plemeno — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Slovak: rasa — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Spanish: raza — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Spanish: variedad — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Swedish: ras — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Swedish: sort — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Tamil: இனம் (iṉam) — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Tatar: токым (toqım) — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Welsh: brid — all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies
• Bulgarian: род (rod) — race or lineage
• Bulgarian: произход (proizhod) — race or lineage
• Catalan: raça — race or lineage
• Czech: plemeno — race or lineage
• Czech: rasa — race or lineage
• Danish: race — race or lineage
• Danish: sort — race or lineage
• Dutch: broedsel — race or lineage
• Dutch: gebroed — race or lineage
• Esperanto: raso — race or lineage
• Finnish: rotu — race or lineage
• French: race — race or lineage
• Friulian: raze — race or lineage
• Galician: raza — race or lineage
• German: Rasse — race or lineage
• German: Sorte — race or lineage
• German: Schlag — race or lineage
• Greek: ράτσα (rátsa) — race or lineage
• Hindi: ज़ात (zāt) — race or lineage
• Hindi: बिरादरी (birādrī) — race or lineage
• Hindi: जिनस (jinas) — race or lineage
• Hindi: जिंस (jins) — race or lineage
• Hindi: कुल (kul) — race or lineage
• Hindi: वंश (vañś) — race or lineage
• Hindi: बंस (bans) — race or lineage
• Irish: síolrach — race or lineage
• Italian: razza — race or lineage
• Korean: 계통 (gyetong) — race or lineage
• Kyrgyz: бак (bak) — race or lineage
• Low German: Raaß — race or lineage
• Low German: Rooß — race or lineage
• Polish: rasa — race or lineage
• Portuguese: raça — race or lineage
• Romanian: rasă — race or lineage
• Russian: ра́са (rása) — race or lineage
• Russian: род (rod) — race or lineage
• Russian: пле́мя (plémja) — race or lineage
• Scottish Gaelic: gnè — race or lineage
• Scottish Gaelic: seòrsa — race or lineage
• Serbo-Croatian: rasa — race or lineage
• Serbo-Croatian: soj — race or lineage
• Serbo-Croatian: pasmina — race or lineage
• Serbo-Croatian: loza — race or lineage
• Slovak: plemeno — race or lineage
• Slovak: rasa — race or lineage
• Spanish: raza — race or lineage
• Spanish: casta — race or lineage
• Spanish: cepa — race or lineage
• Spanish: variedad — race or lineage
• Swedish: ras — race or lineage
• Swedish: sort — race or lineage
• Tamil: இனம் (iṉam) — race or lineage
• Turkish: ırk — race or lineage
• Ottoman Turkish: صوی (soy) — race or lineage
• Ottoman Turkish: نسل (nesl) — race or lineage
• Walloon: sôre — race or lineage
• Walloon: raece — race or lineage
• German: Gattung — group of people with shared characteristics
• German: Art — group of people with shared characteristics
• Hungarian: fajta — group of people with shared characteristics
• Hungarian: típus — group of people with shared characteristics
• Hungarian: szerzet — group of people with shared characteristics
• Russian: поро́да (poróda) — group of people with shared characteristics
• Azerbaijani: çoxalmaq — to sexually produce offspring
• Bulgarian: отглеждам (otgleždam) — to sexually produce offspring
• Catalan: criar — to sexually produce offspring
• Danish: avle — to sexually produce offspring
• Danish: reproducere — to sexually produce offspring
• Danish: forplante sig — to sexually produce offspring
• Dutch: zich voortplanten — to sexually produce offspring
• Finnish: lisääntyä — to sexually produce offspring
• French: se reproduire — to sexually produce offspring
• French: engendrer — to sexually produce offspring
• Galician: agrear — to sexually produce offspring
• Galician: afillar — to sexually produce offspring
• Galician: castizar — to sexually produce offspring
• Galician: xembrar — to sexually produce offspring
• Galician: enxendrar — to sexually produce offspring
• Galician: xerar — to sexually produce offspring
• Gallurese: allià — to sexually produce offspring
• German: aufziehen — to sexually produce offspring
• German: erzeugen — to sexually produce offspring
• German: züchten — to sexually produce offspring
• Hungarian: nemz — to sexually produce offspring
• Indonesian: beranak — to sexually produce offspring
• Indonesian: berkembang-biak — to sexually produce offspring
• Irish: síolraigh — to sexually produce offspring
• Italian: allevare — to sexually produce offspring
• Italian: riprodursi — to sexually produce offspring
• Japanese: 育てる (sodateru) — to sexually produce offspring
• Japanese: 育成する (ikusei-suru) — to sexually produce offspring
• Korean: 낳다 (nata) — to sexually produce offspring
• Korean: 새끼치다 (saekkichida) — to sexually produce offspring
• Manchu: ᡶᡠᠰᡝᠮᠪᡳ (fusembi) — to sexually produce offspring
• Māori: whakaaiai — to sexually produce offspring
• Occitan: procrear — to sexually produce offspring
• Occitan: congrear — to sexually produce offspring
• Polish: płodzić — to sexually produce offspring
• Polish: rozmnażać się — to sexually produce offspring
• Polish: spłodzić — to sexually produce offspring
• Polish: spładzać — to sexually produce offspring
• Portuguese: procriar — to sexually produce offspring
• Russian: плоди́ться (plodítʹsja) — to sexually produce offspring
• Russian: размножа́ться (razmnožátʹsja) — to sexually produce offspring
• Campidanese Sardinian: allevai — to sexually produce offspring
• Campidanese Sardinian: pesai — to sexually produce offspring
• Sardinian: pesare — to sexually produce offspring
• Sassarese: allibà — to sexually produce offspring
• Spanish: criar — to sexually produce offspring
• Swedish: föröka (sig) — to sexually produce offspring
• Ottoman Turkish: یاورولامق (yavrulamak) — to sexually produce offspring
• Volapük: bridön — to sexually produce offspring
• Welsh: bridio — to sexually produce offspring
• Chinese Mandarin: 配種 /配种 (pèizhǒng) — of animals, to mate
• Danish: avle — of animals, to mate
• Finnish: paritella — of animals, to mate
• Galician: recastar — of animals, to mate
• Galician: requestar — of animals, to mate
• German: sich paaren — of animals, to mate
• German: brüten — of animals, to mate
• Hungarian: szaporodik — of animals, to mate
• Hungarian: párzik — of animals, to mate
• Irish: síolraigh — of animals, to mate
• Middle English: breden — of animals, to mate
• Occitan: acoblar — of animals, to mate
• Occitan: apariar — of animals, to mate
• Portuguese: cruzar — of animals, to mate
• Spanish: aparearse — of animals, to mate
• Swedish: föröka — of animals, to mate
• Swedish: avla — of animals, to mate
• Tày: au làng — of animals, to mate
• Welsh: bridio — of animals, to mate
• Bulgarian: развъждам (razvǎždam) — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Catalan: criar — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Chinese Mandarin: 育种 (yùzhǒng) — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Danish: avle — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Dutch: fokken — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Esperanto: bredi — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Finnish: jalostaa — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• French: élever — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Galician: criar — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Galician: fillar — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Gallurese: allià — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• German: züchten — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Hungarian: tenyészt — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Hungarian: szaporít — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Hungarian: nemesít — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Ido: edukar — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Indonesian: mengembang-biakkan — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Irish: póraigh — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Irish: síolraigh — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Italian: allevare — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Korean: 치다 (chida) — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Korean: 기르다 (gireuda) — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Occitan: elevar — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Occitan: abalir — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Polish: hodować — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Portuguese: criar — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Russian: разводи́ть (razvodítʹ) — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Russian: развести́ (razvestí) — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Campidanese Sardinian: allevai — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Campidanese Sardinian: pesai — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Sardinian: pesare — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Sassarese: allibà — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Spanish: criar — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Spanish: criar selectivamente — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Swedish: föda upp — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Swedish: avla — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Ukrainian: розво́дити (rozvódyty) — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Ukrainian: розвести́ (rozvestý) — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Welsh: bridio — to keep animals and have them reproduce
• Danish: avle — to arrange mating of animals
• Esperanto: selekti — to arrange mating of animals
• Finnish: astuttaa — to arrange mating of animals
• Hungarian: pároztat — to arrange mating of animals
• Hungarian: párosít — to arrange mating of animals
• Hungarian: hágat — to arrange mating of animals
• Ido: edukar — to arrange mating of animals
• Irish: póraigh — to arrange mating of animals
• Irish: síolraigh — to arrange mating of animals
• Māori: aihono — to arrange mating of animals
• Russian: случа́ть (slučátʹ) — to arrange mating of animals
• Russian: случи́ть (slučítʹ) — to arrange mating of animals
• Swedish: avla — to arrange mating of animals
• Ukrainian: злуча́ти (zlučáty) — to arrange mating of animals
• Ukrainian: злучи́ти (zlučýty) — to arrange mating of animals
• Welsh: bridio — to arrange mating of animals
• Bulgarian: отглеждам (otgleždam) — to propagate or grow plants
• Catalan: criar — to propagate or grow plants
• Czech: šlechtit — to propagate or grow plants
• Danish: avle — to propagate or grow plants
• Danish: dyrke — to propagate or grow plants
• Finnish: jalostaa — to propagate or grow plants
• Galician: grelar — to propagate or grow plants
• German: züchten — to propagate or grow plants
• Hungarian: termeszt — to propagate or grow plants
• Ingrian: naittaa — to propagate or grow plants
• Korean: 가꾸다 (gakkuda) — to propagate or grow plants
• Kyrgyz: бак (bak) — to propagate or grow plants
• Kyrgyz: багуу (baguu) — to propagate or grow plants
• Occitan: cultivar — to propagate or grow plants
• Polish: hodować — to propagate or grow plants
• Portuguese: criar — to propagate or grow plants
• Portuguese: cultivar — to propagate or grow plants
• Russian: разводи́ть (razvodítʹ) — to propagate or grow plants
• Russian: развести́ (razvestí) — to propagate or grow plants
• Spanish: criar — to propagate or grow plants
• Swedish: odla — to propagate or grow plants
• Welsh: bridio — to propagate or grow plants
• Arabic: رَبَّى (rabbā) — to take care of in infancy and through childhood
• Bulgarian: пораждам (poraždam) — to take care of in infancy and through childhood
• Danish: opfostre — to take care of in infancy and through childhood
• Finnish: kasvattaa — to take care of in infancy and through childhood
• French: élever — to take care of in infancy and through childhood
• German: aufziehen — to take care of in infancy and through childhood
• Hungarian: nevel — to take care of in infancy and through childhood
• Korean: 기르다 (gireuda) — to take care of in infancy and through childhood
• Korean: 거두다 (geoduda) — to take care of in infancy and through childhood
• Middle English: breden — to take care of in infancy and through childhood
• Occitan: abalir — to take care of in infancy and through childhood
• Occitan: elevar — to take care of in infancy and through childhood
• Polish: hodować — to take care of in infancy and through childhood
• Polish: wychowywać — to take care of in infancy and through childhood
• Spanish: criar — to take care of in infancy and through childhood
• Swedish: uppfostra — to take care of in infancy and through childhood
• Swedish: uppföda — to take care of in infancy and through childhood
• Catalan: engendrar — to yield or result in
• Danish: avle — to yield or result in
• Finnish: synnyttää — to yield or result in
• German: erzeugen — to yield or result in
• German: hervorrufen — to yield or result in
• German: verursachen — to yield or result in
• Hungarian: okoz — to yield or result in
• Hungarian: előidéz — to yield or result in
• Hungarian: szül — to yield or result in
• Korean: 낳다 (nata) — to yield or result in
• Latin: pariō — to yield or result in
• Occitan: engendrar — to yield or result in
• Polish: rodzić — to yield or result in
• Portuguese: gerar — to yield or result in
• German: begatten — to ejaculate inside of
• Spanish: preñar — to ejaculate inside of