procréation
French, noun/pʁɔ.kʁe.a.sjɔ̃/
procréation is spelled P-R-O-C-R-É-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 23,140th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Procréation is a French feminine noun meaning “procreation (production of offspring)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de procréer”.
What does procréation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprocreation (production of offspring)
procréation médicalement assistée
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de procréer.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of procréation
- procréations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce procréation?
- /pʁɔ.kʁe.a.sjɔ̃/
- \pʁɔ.kʁe.a.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to procréation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is procréation in French?
procréation appears 1.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).