reproductive
/ˌɹiːpɹəˈdʌktɪv/US/ˌɹipɹəˈdʌktɪv/
reproductive adjective: of or relating to reproduction.
Adjective
reproductive (comparative more reproductive, superlative most reproductive)
- Of or relating to reproduction.
- In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, […]. Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution...2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3
- According to her projections, about 42 percent of U.S. women of reproductive age will experience a change in distance to the closest abortion clinic.2022 December 16, Melissa Jeltsen, “We Are Not Prepared for the Coming Surge of Babies”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2023
- That reproduces.
Noun
reproductive (plural reproductives)
- A reproductive organism (especially such as in an insect).
reproductive meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
reproductive in Hindi
- प्रजननशील
reproductive in Tamil
- இனப்பெருக்கம், இனம்பெருக்குகின்ற, மீட்கின்ற
reproductive in Bengali
- বংশবৃদ্ধিকর, জন্মদায়ক, পুনরূত্পাদী, পুনর্গঠনকর, বর্ণনাকর
reproductive in Malayalam
- procreative, generative, propagative
- പുനരുത്പാദകമായ, പുനരുത്പാദനപരമായ, പുനരുത്പാദനസംബന്ധമായ, ഉത്പാദനപരമായ, സന്തത്യുത്പാദനം സംബന്ധിച്ച, പ്രജനനപരമായ
More languagesFewer languages
- reproductive in Malay
- pembiakan, reproduksi, reproduktif
Examples of reproductive in a sentence
- The sequence is: molecules in reproductive systems, then gametes, zygotes, morulas, blastocysts, and then fetuses.
- The wildlife management plan was focused on helping the reproductive needs of imperiled species.
- Within the normal reproductive cycle, haploidisation is one of the major functional consequences of meiosis.
Forms of reproductive
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more reproductive |
| superlative | most reproductive |
| Noun | |
| plural | reproductives |
Origin of reproductive
From re- + productive.
Words formed from reproductive
- assisted reproductive technology
- basic reproductive number
- basic reproductive rate
- basic reproductive ratio
- nonreproductive
- porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome
- postreproductive
- prereproductive
- reproductive cell
- reproductive cloning
- reproductive division
- reproductive health
- reproductive justice
- reproductively
- reproductive medicine
- reproductiveness
- reproductive right
- reproductive system
- unreproductive
Phrases with reproductive
Words that rhyme with reproductive
Questions about reproductive
- What does reproductive mean?
- Reproductive means of or relating to reproduction.
- What is reproductive in Hindi?
- Reproductive in Hindi is प्रजननशील. See Reproductive meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is reproductive?
- Reproductive can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce reproductive?
- Reproductive is pronounced /ˌɹiːpɹəˈdʌktɪv/ (UK).
Words near reproductive in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: reproductive (page history and authors); reproductive (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reproductive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reproductive (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reproductive (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-reproductive.wav.
Cite this entry: “reproductive.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/reproductive. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.