noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A sowing of seed; the act of inseminating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The introduction of sperm into a female’s reproductive system for the purpose of impregnating (making pregnant).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
the introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
Narrower terms: artificial insemination, AI
4
noun
Meaning 4
the act of sowing (of seeds in the ground or, figuratively, of germs in the body or ideas in the mind, etc.)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: planting
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
授精
(shòujīng)
— act of sowing seed
Finnish:
kylvö
— act of sowing seed
Finnish:
kylväminen
— act of sowing seed
Finnish:
siementäminen
— act of sowing seed
Finnish:
siemennys
— act of sowing seed
Hindi:
गर्भाधान
(garbhādhān)
— act of sowing seed
Hindi:
बीजारोपण
(bījāropaṇ)
— act of sowing seed
Japanese:
受精
(jusei)
— act of sowing seed
Persian:
درونکاشت
(darunkāšt)
— act of sowing seed
Polish:
zasiew
— act of sowing seed
Polish:
posiew
— act of sowing seed
Portuguese:
semeadura
— act of sowing seed
Romanian:
însămânțare
— act of sowing seed
Russian:
посе́в
(posév)
— act of sowing seed
Yoruba:
ìfohun-ọmọ-sínú-abo
— act of sowing seed
Arabic:
تَخْصِيب
(taḵṣīb)
— introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system
Armenian:
բեղմնավորում
(beġmnavorum)
— introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system
Basque:
intseminazio
— introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system
Catalan:
inseminació
— introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system
Chinese Mandarin:
授精
(shòujīng)
— introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system
Dutch:
inseminatie
— introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system
Finnish:
siittäminen
— introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system
Finnish:
siitos
— introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system
Finnish:
hedelmöittäminen
— introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system
Finnish:
hedelmöitys
— introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system
French:
insémination
— introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system
German:
Besamung
— introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system
German:
Befruchtung
— introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system
German:
Insemination
— introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system
Hindi:
गर्भाधान
(garbhādhān)
— introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system
Hungarian:
megtermékenyítés
— introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system
Japanese:
授精
(jusei)
— introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system
Japanese:
受精
(jusei)
— introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system
Malay:
inseminasi
— introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system
Malay:
permanian
— introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system
Polish:
zapłodnienie
— introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system
Polish:
zaplemnienie
— introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system
Portuguese:
inseminação
— introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system
Russian:
оплодотворе́ние
(oplodotvorénije)
— introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system
Russian:
осемене́ние
(osemenénije)
— introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system
Spanish:
inseminación
— introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system
Ukrainian:
осімені́ння
(osimenínnja)
— introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system