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reproduction

noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌɹiːpɹəˈdʌkʃən/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of reproducing new individuals biologically.

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 act of making copies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A copy of something, as in a piece of art; a duplicate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Jim was proud of the Rembrandt reproduction he owned.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A method for reproducing a bug or problem.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: procreation, breeding, facts of life

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity

Narrower terms: miscegenation, crossbreeding, interbreeding, generation, multiplication, propagation

6

noun

Meaning 6

the act of making copies

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Gutenberg's reproduction of holy texts was far more efficient

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: replication

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: copying

Narrower terms: scanning, sound reproduction

7

noun

Meaning 7

copy that is not the original; something that has been copied

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: replica, replication

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: copy

Narrower terms: toy

8

noun

Meaning 8

recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reproductive memory

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: recall, recollection, reminiscence

9

noun

Meaning 9

the process of generating offspring

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: organic process, biological process

Narrower terms: asexual reproduction, agamogenesis, sexual reproduction, amphimixis

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin prōductiōder. Old French productionbor. Middle English produccioun English production English reproduction From re- + production.

Across languages

Translations

128 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: voortplanting — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Albanian: riprodhim — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Arabic: تَكَاثُر (takāṯur) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Arabic: تكاثر (takāsur) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Armenian: վերարտադրություն (verartadrutʻyun) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Azerbaijani: artırma — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Azerbaijani: artma — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Belarusian: размнажэ́нне (razmnažénnje) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Belarusian: размнажэ́ньне (razmnažénʹnje) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Bengali: প্রজনন (projonon) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Bulgarian: размножа́ване (razmnožávane) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Catalan: reproducció — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Chinese Cantonese: 生殖 — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Chinese: 生湠 (zh-min-nan) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生殖 (shēngzhí) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Czech: rozmnožování — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Danish: formering — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Danish: reproduktion — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Dutch: voortplanting — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Dutch: reproductie — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Esperanto: reprodukto generado — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Estonian: paljunemine — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Finnish: lisääntyminen — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Finnish: suvun jatkaminen — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • French: reproduction — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • West-Frisian: fuortplanting — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Georgian: გამრავლება (gamravleba) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • German: Fortpflanzung — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • German: Reproduktion — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Greek: αναπαραγωγή (anaparagogí) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Gujarati: પ્રજનન (prajnan) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Hindi: प्रजनन (prajnan) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Hungarian: szaporodás — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Indonesian: reproduksi — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Indonesian: pembiakan — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Irish: atáirgeadh — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Italian: riproduzione — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Japanese: 生殖 (seishoku) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Kazakh: көбею (köbeü) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Korean: 생식 (saengsik) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Northern Kurdish: pirbûn — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Northern Kurdish: zêdebûn — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Kyrgyz: көбөйүү (köböyüü) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Lao: ການສືບພັນ (kān sư̄p phan) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Latvian: vairošanās — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Lithuanian: dauginimasis — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Macedonian: размножување (razmnožuvanje) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Malay: pembiakan — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: reproduksjon — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: reproduksjon — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Persian: تولید مثل (towlid-e mesl) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Persian: زاداوری (zādāvari) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Polish: prokreacja — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Polish: reprodukcja — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Polish: rozmnażanie — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Portuguese: reprodução — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Romanian: reproducere — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Romanian: reproducție — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Russian: размноже́ние (razmnožénije) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Serbo-Croatian: размножа́ва̄ње — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Serbo-Croatian: репроду̀кција — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Serbo-Croatian: razmnožávānje — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Serbo-Croatian: reprodùkcija — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Slovak: rozmnožovanie — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Slovene: razmnoževanje — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Slovene: reprodukcija — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Spanish: reproducción — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Sundanese: ᮘᮛᮔᮠᮔ᮪ (baranahan) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Swedish: reproduktion — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Swedish: fortplantning — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Tagalog: reproduksiyon — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Tagalog: reproduksyon — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Tagalog: balisuplingan — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Tajik: афзоиш (afzoyiš) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Tajik: тавлиди мисл (tavlid-i misl) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Thai: การสืบพันธุ์ (gaan-sʉ̀ʉp-pan) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Turkish: üreme — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Ukrainian: розмно́ження (rozmnóžennja) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Ukrainian: репроду́кція (reprodúkcija) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Ukrainian: відтво́рення (vidtvórennja) — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Uzbek: koʻpayish — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Uzbek: koʻpaytirish — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Vietnamese: sự sinh sản — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Walloon: mopliaedje — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Welsh: atgenhedlu — the act of reproducing new individuals biologically — see also procreation
  • Bulgarian: възпроизвеждане (vǎzproizveždane) — act of making copies
  • Catalan: reproducció — act of making copies
  • Dutch: vermenigvuldiging — act of making copies
  • Norwegian Bokmål: eksemplarfremstilling — act of making copies
  • Spanish: reproducción — act of making copies
  • Spanish: producción de copias — act of making copies
  • Ukrainian: відтво́рення (vidtvórennja) — act of making copies
  • Bulgarian: копие (kopie) — a duplicate
  • Bulgarian: репродукция (reprodukcija) — a duplicate
  • Catalan: reproducció — a duplicate
  • Chinese Cantonese: 複製 /复制 (fuk1 zai3) — a duplicate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 複製 /复制 (fùzhì) — a duplicate
  • Czech: reprodukce — a duplicate
  • Danish: reproduktion — a duplicate
  • Dutch: reproductie — a duplicate
  • Esperanto: reprodukto — a duplicate
  • Esperanto: kopio — a duplicate
  • Finnish: kopio — a duplicate
  • Finnish: kaksoiskappale — a duplicate
  • French: reproduction — a duplicate
  • Greek: αντίγραφο (antígrafo) — a duplicate
  • Hungarian: reprodukció — a duplicate
  • Irish: macasamhail — a duplicate
  • Italian: riproduzione — a duplicate
  • Italian: duplicato — a duplicate
  • Japanese: 複製 (fukusei) — a duplicate
  • Korean: 복제본 (bokjebon) — a duplicate
  • Korean: 복사본 (boksabon) — a duplicate
  • Norwegian Bokmål: reproduksjon — a duplicate
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: reproduksjon — a duplicate
  • Polish: reprodukcja — a duplicate
  • Portuguese: reprodução — a duplicate
  • Romanian: reproducere — a duplicate
  • Romanian: duplicat — a duplicate
  • Romanian: duplicare — a duplicate
  • Russian: ко́пия (kópija) — a duplicate
  • Russian: репроду́кция (reprodúkcija) — a duplicate
  • Russian: копи́рование (kopírovanije) — a duplicate
  • Slovene: reprodukcija — a duplicate
  • Spanish: reproducción — a duplicate
  • Swedish: replika — a duplicate
  • Tagalog: reproduksiyon — a duplicate
  • Tagalog: reproduksyon — a duplicate
Real reading context

reproduction in complete knowledge articles