breeding

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• /ˈbɹiːdɪŋ/
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From Middle English bredyng, bredynge, from Old English *brēdende, from Proto-Germanic *brōdijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną (“to brood; breed”), equivalent to breed + -ing.

From Middle English breedyng, bredynge (“gestation, incubation, propagation, hatching; engineering, formation, development, growth”), equivalent to breed + -ing.

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: lisääntyminen — process through which propagation, growth or development occurs
• Finnish: kasvatus — process through which propagation, growth or development occurs
• French: élevage — process through which propagation, growth or development occurs
• Georgian: გამრავლება (gamravleba) — process through which propagation, growth or development occurs
• Indonesian: pemuliaan — process through which propagation, growth or development occurs
• Malay: pembiakbakaan — process through which propagation, growth or development occurs
• Malayalam: പ്രജനനം (prajananaṁ) — process through which propagation, growth or development occurs
• Russian: выра́щивание (vyráščivanije) — process through which propagation, growth or development occurs
• Russian: разведе́ние (razvedénije) — process through which propagation, growth or development occurs
• Russian: родосло́вная (rodoslóvnaja) — process through which propagation, growth or development occurs
• Finnish: siittäminen — act of inseminating by natural or artificial means
• Finnish: hedelmöittäminen — act of inseminating by natural or artificial means
• French: insémination — act of inseminating by natural or artificial means
• Georgian: განაყოფიერება (ganaq̇opiereba) — act of inseminating by natural or artificial means
• Māori: whakaaiaitanga — act of inseminating by natural or artificial means
• Russian: разведе́ние (razvedénije) — act of inseminating by natural or artificial means
• Russian: размноже́ние (razmnožénije) — act of inseminating by natural or artificial means
• Russian: осемене́ние (osemenénije) — act of inseminating by natural or artificial means
• Tagalog: palabinhian — act of inseminating by natural or artificial means
• Finnish: paritteleminen — copulation of animals
• French: copulation — copulation of animals
• Russian: копуля́ция (kopuljácija) — copulation of animals
• Russian: сноше́ние (snošénije) — copulation of animals
• Russian: совокупле́ние (sovokuplénije) — copulation of animals
• Russian: ко́итус (kóitus) — copulation of animals
• Spanish: cópula — copulation of animals
• Finnish: kasvatus — good manners as characteristic of the aristocracy
• Māori: rangatiratanga — good manners as characteristic of the aristocracy
• Russian: воспи́танность (vospítannostʹ) — good manners as characteristic of the aristocracy
• Spanish: preñada — ejaculation