Dictionary

insemination en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A sowing of seed; the act of inseminating.
2. (countable, uncountable) The introduction of sperm into a female’s reproductive system for the purpose of impregnating (making pregnant).
   • At the same time there is no fantasy, as there is in the teleportage of science fiction, or in the Greek myth that requires the insemination of a woman by a swan. 2010, Jeffrey Boss, Human Consciousness of God in the Book of Job, page 158:

Forms

Deriveds

reinsemination · postinsemination · traumatic insemination · intrauterine insemination · artificial insemination

Relateds

inseminate

Translations (42)

pl zasiew (act of sowing seed) · ca inseminació (introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system) · cmn 授精 (introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system) · ro însămânțare (act of sowing seed) · de Besamung (introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system) · hi गर्भाधान (act of sowing seed) · de Insemination (introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system) · fi kylväminen (act of sowing seed) · hi बीजारोपण (act of sowing seed) · fr insémination (introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system) · pl zaplemnienie (introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system) · fi siementäminen (act of sowing seed) · eu intseminazio (introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system) · fa درونکاشت (act of sowing seed) · yo ìfohun-ọmọ-sínú-abo (act of sowing seed) · ms inseminasi (introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system) · pt inseminação (introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system) · nl inseminatie (introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system) · ru оплодотворе́ние (introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system) · cmn 授精 (act of sowing seed) · fi siitos (introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system) · ms permanian (introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system) · fi hedelmöitys (introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system) · ru посе́в (act of sowing seed) · ja 受精 (introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system) · fi kylvö (act of sowing seed) · hy բեղմնավորում (introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system) · fi siemennys (act of sowing seed) · fi siittäminen (introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system) · ja 受精 (act of sowing seed) · ru осемене́ние (introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system) · uk осімені́ння (introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system) · hi गर्भाधान (introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system) · pl zapłodnienie (introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system) · fi hedelmöittäminen (introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system) · ja 授精 (introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system) · pt semeadura (act of sowing seed) · es inseminación (introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system) · ar تَخْصِيب (introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system) · de Befruchtung (introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system) · pl posiew (act of sowing seed) · hu megtermékenyítés (introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system)