adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to reproduction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
reproductive
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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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːpɹəˈdʌktɪv/
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Canada, General-American: /ˌɹipɹəˈdʌktɪv/
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Australian, New-Zealand: /ˌɹiːpɹəˈdɐktəv/
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rhymes with -ʌktɪv
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adj
Meaning 2
That reproduces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A reproductive organism (especially such as in an insect).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
producing new life or offspring
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the reproductive potential of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself under optimal conditions
- the reproductive or generative organs
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: generative, procreative
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From re- + productive.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: reproductor — of or relating to reproduction
- Asturian: reproductivu — of or relating to reproduction
- Belarusian: рэпрадукты́ўны (repraduktýwny) — of or relating to reproduction
- Belarusian: рэпрадукцы́йны (repradukcýjny) — of or relating to reproduction
- Bulgarian: размножителен (razmnožitelen) — of or relating to reproduction
- Catalan: reproductiu — of or relating to reproduction
- Catalan: reproductor — of or relating to reproduction
- Esperanto: reprodukta — of or relating to reproduction
- Finnish: lisääntymis- — of or relating to reproduction
- French: reproductif — of or relating to reproduction
- French: reproducteur — of or relating to reproduction
- Galician: reprodutivo — of or relating to reproduction
- Galician: reprodutor — of or relating to reproduction
- Georgian: რეპროდუქციული (reṗrodukciuli) — of or relating to reproduction
- German: reproduktiv — of or relating to reproduction
- German: Fortpflanzungs- — of or relating to reproduction
- Haitian Creole: repwodiktif — of or relating to reproduction
- Irish: sliochtmhar — of or relating to reproduction
- Irish: atáirgeach — of or relating to reproduction
- Italian: riproduttivo — of or relating to reproduction
- Malay: pembiakan — of or relating to reproduction
- Malay: reproduksi — of or relating to reproduction
- Malay: reproduktif — of or relating to reproduction
- Polish: reprodukcyjny — of or relating to reproduction
- Portuguese: reprodutivo — of or relating to reproduction
- Portuguese: reprodutor — of or relating to reproduction
- Romanian: reproductiv — of or relating to reproduction
- Romanian: reproducător — of or relating to reproduction
- Russian: воспроизводи́тельный (vosproizvodítelʹnyj) — of or relating to reproduction
- Russian: репродукти́вный (reproduktívnyj) — of or relating to reproduction
- Russian: репродукцио́нный (reprodukciónnyj) — of or relating to reproduction
- Spanish: reproductivo — of or relating to reproduction
- Spanish: reproductor — of or relating to reproduction
- Ukrainian: репродукти́вний (reproduktývnyj) — of or relating to reproduction
- Ukrainian: репродукці́йний (reprodukcíjnyj) — of or relating to reproduction
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