Dictionary

reproduce en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (UK) audio
• /ˌɹiː.pɹəˈd͡ʒuːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌɹiː.pɹəˈdjuːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ˌɹi.pɹəˈdus/ (General-American)

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 prōdūcōder. Middle English produce English produce English reproduce From re- + produce.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To produce an image or copy of.
2. (intransitive, transitive) To generate or propagate offspring or organisms sexually or asexually.
   • The 12-page ruling notes that “Marriage is when a man and a woman are willing to live together, to build a husband and wife relationship to reproduce their offspring […] . Marriage is, therefore, reserved for only a man and a woman.” Other parts in the verdict also mention that members of the LGBTQIA+ community cannot reproduce, as it is against nature, and that people of those communities are no different to other animals with strange behaviours or physical features. 2021 December 3, Thai PBS, “Constitutional Court’s full verdict enrages LGBT community, rights defenders”, in Thai PBS World, Bangkok: Thai Public Broadcasting Service, retrieved 04 Dec 2021:
3. (transitive) To produce again; to recreate.
4. (transitive) To bring something to mind; to recall.

Forms

Deriveds

reproducibility · outreproduce · reproduceable · nonreproducing · nonreproduced · reproducer · photoreproduce · reprography · reproducing piano · unreproduced · reproducible

Relateds

procreate (generate offspring) · spawn (generate offspring) · proliferate (generate offspring) · reproduction

Synonyms

manifold

Translations (69)

nb reprodusere (to generate offspring) · ka რეპროდუცირებას უწევს (to produce an image or copy of something) · la resēminō (to generate offspring) · ka ამრავლებს (to produce an image or copy of something) · es reproducir (to produce an image or copy of something) · fr reproduire (to produce an image or copy of something) · bg размножавам (to generate offspring) · fr se reproduire (to generate offspring) · he שחזר (to bring something to mind) · ru воспроизводи́ть (to produce an image or copy of something) · sv återskapa (to produce again, to recreate) · it riprodursi (to generate offspring) · pt reproduzir (to generate offspring) · ga síolaigh (to generate offspring) · nn reprodusera (to generate offspring) · bg пораждам (to generate offspring) · scn riprudducìrisi (to generate offspring) · fi lisääntyä (to generate offspring) · ca reproduir (to produce an image or copy of something) · nl reproduceren (to produce an image or copy of something) · cmn 複製 /复制 (to produce an image or copy of something) · scn ripruddùciri (to produce an image or copy of something) · grc γεννηματίζω (to generate offspring) · de reproduzieren (to produce an image or copy of something) · cs rozmnožit (to produce an image or copy of something) · ro reproduce (to produce again, to recreate) · ru размно́житься (to generate offspring) · lv pavairot (to produce an image or copy of something) · ru порожда́ть (to generate offspring) · nn reprodusere (to generate offspring) · no gjenskape (to produce an image or copy of something) · nl reproduceren (to produce again, to recreate) · pt reproduzir (to produce an image or copy of something) · tl mag-anak (to generate offspring) · lv vairoties (to generate offspring) · es reproducir (to produce again, to recreate) · it riprodurre (to produce an image or copy of something) · ka კვლავაწარმოებს (to produce again, to recreate) · ro reproduce (to produce an image or copy of something) · eo reprodukti (to produce an image or copy of something) · ka მრავლდება (to generate offspring) · de vermehren (to generate offspring) · de fortpflanzen (to generate offspring) · sv reproducera (to produce an image or copy of something) · ru размножа́ться (to generate offspring) · ru воспроизвести́ (to produce an image or copy of something) · it richiamare (to bring something to mind) · he התרבה (to generate offspring) · sv återkalla (to bring something to mind) · ru породи́ть (to generate offspring) · cs rozmnožit se (to generate offspring) · nl recreëren (to produce again, to recreate) · bg възпроизвеждам (to produce an image or copy of something) · he שחזר (to produce again, to recreate) · ka კვლავაწარმოებს (to produce an image or copy of something) · nl voortplanten (to generate offspring) · fr reproduire (to produce again, to recreate) · sv föröka (to generate offspring) · it ricreare (to produce again, to recreate) · bg пресъздавам (to produce again, to recreate) · la recreō (to produce again, to recreate) · it riprodurre (to produce again, to recreate) · ca reproduir-se (to generate offspring) · ka ასლს აკეთებს (to produce an image or copy of something) · fi toisintaa (to produce an image or copy of something) · es reproducirse (to generate offspring) · scn ricriari (to produce again, to recreate) · sv dra sig till minnes (to bring something to mind) · fi jatkaa sukua (to generate offspring)