spawn

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• Received-Pronunciation: /spɔːn/
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• General-American: /spɔn/
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• cot-caught-merger: /spɑn/
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• rhymes with -ɔːn
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• CMU ARPABET: S P AA1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English spawne, from the verb (see above).

Recorded since 1413; from Middle English spawnen, from Anglo-Norman espaundre, from Old French espandre, from Latin expandere (“stretch out; spread out”, verb). Doublet of expand. Compare also Middle English spalden, spolden, spawden (“to cut open (a fish)”).

175 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bashkir: ыуылдырыҡ (ıwıldırıq) — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Bulgarian: хайвер (hajver) — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Catalan: fresa — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Chinese Mandarin: 魚子 /鱼子 (yúzǐ) — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Chinese Mandarin: 魚卵 /鱼卵 (yúluǎn) — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Chinese Mandarin: 卵 (luǎn) — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Czech: jikry — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Czech: potěr — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Dutch: kuit — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Esperanto: frajo — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Finnish: kutu — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• French: frai — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Galician: bragada — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• German: Laich — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• German: Fischlaich — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• German: Froschlaich — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Irish: eochraí — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Japanese: 卵 (tamago) — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Japanese: -子 (-ko) — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Central Kurdish: گەرا (gera) — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Latvian: ikri — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Luxembourgish: Läich — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Macedonian: и́кра (íkra) — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Māori: toene — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Mongolian: түрс (türs) — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Norwegian Bokmål: togn — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Persian: اشپل (ešpel) — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Polish: ikra — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Polish: skrzek — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Portuguese: ova — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Romanian: icre — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Russian: икра́ (ikrá) — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Scottish Gaelic: cladh — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Serbo-Croatian: ikra — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Spanish: freza — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Spanish: desove — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Swedish: yngel — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Swedish: rom — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Turkish: döl — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Turkish: yumurta — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Ottoman Turkish: یومورطه (yumurta) — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Volapük: fitanögem — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Volapük: froganögem — the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
• Bulgarian: мицел (micel) — mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation
• Finnish: sienirihmasto — mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation
• German: Myzelfäden — mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation
• Polish: grzybnia — mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation
• Russian: грибни́ца (gribníca) — mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation
• Russian: мице́лий (micélij) — mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation
• Russian: спора (spora) — mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation
• Serbo-Croatian: spora — mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation
• Bulgarian: потомък (potomǎk) — any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring
• Bulgarian: изчадие (izčadie) — any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring
• Czech: výplod — any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring
• Finnish: lähde — any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring
• Finnish: alkulähde — any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring
• French: rejeton — any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring
• German: Ausgeburt — any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring
• German: Ausgeburt des Teufels — any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring
• Māori: paratau — any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring
• Polish: pomiot — any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring
• Polish: nasienie — any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring
• Russian: пото́мство (potómstvo) — any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring
• Russian: вы́водок (vývodok) — any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring
• Russian: порожде́ние (poroždénije) — any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring
• Russian: отро́дье (otródʹje) — any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring
• Serbo-Croatian: potomak — any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring
• Turkish: nesil — any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring
• Turkish: soy — any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring
• Turkish: zürriyet — any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring
• Turkish: döl — any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring
• Bulgarian: хвърлям хайвер (hvǎrljam hajver) — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Catalan: fresar — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Chinese: 產卵 /产卵 (chǎnluǎn) — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Czech: klást jikry — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Czech: třít se — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Danish: gyde — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Dutch: kuitschieten — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Dutch: paaien — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Finnish: kutea — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• French: frayer — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• German: ablaichen — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• German: laichen — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Icelandic: gjóta — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Indonesian: memijah — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Indonesian: memijahkan — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Ingrian: kuttiissa — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Italian: deporre le uova — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Japanese: 産卵する (sanran suru) — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Latvian: nārstot — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Luxembourgish: läichen — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Macedonian: се мре́сти (se mrésti) — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Persian: تخمریزی (toxm-rizi) — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Polish: trzeć się — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Polish: ikrzyć się — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Portuguese: desovar — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Russian: мета́ть (metátʹ) — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Scottish Gaelic: cladh — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Spanish: desovar — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Spanish: frezar — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Tagalog: mamayabat — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Turkish: yumurtlamak — to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
• Bulgarian: плодя се (plodja se) — to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers
• Finnish: lisätä — to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers
• French: engendrer — to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers
• German: erzeugen — to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers
• German: hervorbringen — to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers
• Khiamniungan Naga: chéu — to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers
• Portuguese: gerar — to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers
• Russian: порожда́ть (poroždátʹ) — to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers
• Scottish Gaelic: cladh — to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers
• Turkish: yumurtlamak — to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers
• Bulgarian: пораждам (poraždam) — to bring forth in general
• Czech: stvořit — to bring forth in general
• Czech: dát vzniknout — to bring forth in general
• Finnish: lisätä — to bring forth in general
• Finnish: synnyttää — to bring forth in general
• Finnish: kasvattaa — to bring forth in general
• French: engendrer — to bring forth in general
• German: erzeugen — to bring forth in general
• Italian: generare — to bring forth in general
• Italian: dare alla luce — to bring forth in general
• Latin: pariō — to bring forth in general
• Macedonian: со́здаде (sózdade) — to bring forth in general
• Portuguese: gerar — to bring forth in general
• Spanish: engendrar — to bring forth in general
• Turkish: meydana getirmek — to bring forth in general
• Turkish: oluşturmak — to bring forth in general
• Turkish: ortaya çıkmak — to bring forth in general
• Finnish: kudettaa — to induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn
• Finnish: istuttaa — to plant with fungal spawn
• Finnish: kutea — to deposit (numerous) eggs in water
• German: laichen — to deposit (numerous) eggs in water
• Hungarian: ívik — to deposit (numerous) eggs in water
• Hungarian: petéket rak — to deposit (numerous) eggs in water
• Latvian: nārstot — to deposit (numerous) eggs in water
• Russian: нерести́ться (nerestítʹsja) — to deposit (numerous) eggs in water
• Scottish Gaelic: cladh — to deposit (numerous) eggs in water
• Spanish: desovar — to deposit (numerous) eggs in water
• Spanish: frezar — to deposit (numerous) eggs in water
• Turkish: yumurtlamak — to deposit (numerous) eggs in water
• Turkish: durmadan doğurmak — to deposit (numerous) eggs in water
• Azerbaijani: çoxalmaq — to reproduce, especially in large numbers
• Bulgarian: размножавам се (razmnožavam se) — to reproduce, especially in large numbers
• Dutch: paaien — to reproduce, especially in large numbers
• Finnish: siitä — to reproduce, especially in large numbers
• Finnish: lisääntyä — to reproduce, especially in large numbers
• German: (sich wie Karnickel) sich vermehren — to reproduce, especially in large numbers
• Polish: mnożyć się — to reproduce, especially in large numbers
• Russian: плоди́ться (plodítʹsja) — to reproduce, especially in large numbers
• Chinese Mandarin: 生成 (shēngchéng) — to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time
• Finnish: syntyä — to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time
• Finnish: spawnata — to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time
• Finnish: ilmestyä — to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time
• French: apparaître — to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time
• French: poper — to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time
• German: spawnen — to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time
• German: erscheinen — to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time
• Indonesian: muncul — to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time
• Italian: spawnare — to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time
• Macedonian: се по́јави (se pójavi) — to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time
• Polish: pojawić się — to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time
• Polish: zespawnować się — to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time
• Portuguese: spawnar — to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time
• Romanian: spawna — to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time
• Russian: появиться (pojavitjsja) — to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time
• Russian: заспавниться (zaspavnitjsja) — to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time
• Spanish: spawnear — to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time
• Spanish: engendrarse — to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time
• Spanish: aparecer — to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time
• Turkish: doğmak — to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time
• Turkish: spawnlamak — to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time
• Turkish: spawnlanmak — to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time
• Turkish: spawn etmek — to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time
• Turkish: spawn olmak — to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time