mating

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪtɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪtɪŋ

Adjective

mating (not comparable)

1. Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.

Translations

fitting into or onto a corresponding part

• Finnish: yhteensopiva (fi)

Noun

mating (plural matings)

1. (zoology) Pairing of organisms for copulation.
   • 1981, Henry Foster, The Mouse in Biomedical Research, page 96:

     The progeny of backcrosses and intercrosses will form some incrosses and some matings of other types.

2. (zoology) Sexual union; copulation.
   • 2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7:

     Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.

Synonyms

• pairing

Derived terms

• assortative mating
• mating bite
• mating call
• mating mark
• mating press
• mating season
• mating strategy
• positive assortative mating

 

Translations

pairing of organisms for copulation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 交尾 (zh) (jiāowěi), 交配 (zh) (jiāopèi), (domestic animals) 配種／配种 (zh) (pèizhǒng)

• Finnish: parittelu (fi)
• French: accouplement (fr) m, monte (fr) f
• German: Paarung f, Begattung (de) f
• Greek: ζευγάρωμα (el) n (zevgároma)
• Hebrew: הזדווגות f (hizdavgut)
• Japanese: 交尾 (ja) (こうび, kōbi), 交接 (ja) (こうせつ, kōsetsu), 交配 (ja) (こうはい, kōhai)
• Kazakh: шағылыстыру (şağylystyru)
• Malay: pengawanan
• Malayalam: ഇണചേരൽ (ml) (iṇacēral)
• Occitan: apariament m, acoblament (oc) m
• Polish: kopulacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: cópula (pt) f
• Russian: спа́ривание (ru) n (spárivanije), слу́чка (ru) f (slúčka)
• Spanish: apareamiento (es) m
• Swedish: parning (sv) c
• Turkish: çiftleşme (tr)

Verb

mating

1. present participle and gerund of mate

Anagrams

• taming