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mating season

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The time of the year during which members of a certain species of animal tend to mate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

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Across languages

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23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 發情期 /发情期 (fāqíngqī) — time of year during which animals mate
  • Dutch: paarseizoen — time of year during which animals mate
  • Dutch: paartijd — time of year during which animals mate
  • Dutch: bronsttijd — time of year during which animals mate
  • Finnish: parittelukausi — time of year during which animals mate
  • Finnish: kiima-aika — time of year during which animals mate
  • French: saison des amours — time of year during which animals mate
  • Galician: brama — time of year during which animals mate
  • German: Paarungszeit — time of year during which animals mate
  • German: Brunftzeit — time of year during which animals mate
  • German: Ranzzeit — time of year during which animals mate
  • Hungarian: párzási időszak — time of year during which animals mate
  • Indonesian: musim kawin — time of year during which animals mate
  • Italian: stagione degli amori — time of year during which animals mate
  • Japanese: 発情期 (hatsujōki) — time of year during which animals mate
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brunsttid — time of year during which animals mate
  • Norwegian Bokmål: løpetid — time of year during which animals mate
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: brunsttid — time of year during which animals mate
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: laupetid — time of year during which animals mate
  • Polish: okres godowy — time of year during which animals mate
  • Spanish: brama — time of year during which animals mate
  • Swedish: parningstid — time of year during which animals mate
  • Welsh: tymor paru — time of year during which animals mate