A sentence is like a flower; its meaning is pollen. A translator is like a bee; translation is just pollination between different plants – it carries life...
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Pollination
//ˌpɒlɪˈneɪʃən//
Synonyms for "pollination" (4 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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37 translations across 27 languages.
Bengali
1 entries- পরাগমিলন noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
Breton
1 entries- pollenadur noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
Catalan
1 entries- pol·linització noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 授粉 noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
- 授精 noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
Czech
2 entries- opylení noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
- opylování noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
Dutch
1 entries- bestuiving noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
French
1 entries- pollinisation noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
Georgian
2 entries- დამტვერვა noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
- პოლინაცია noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
German
1 entries- Bestäubung noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
Hindi
1 entries- परागण noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
Hungarian
4 entries- beporzás noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
- megtermékenyítés noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
- pollenizáció noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
- pollináció noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
Irish
1 entries- pailniú noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
Italian
2 entries- impollinazione noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
- pollinazione noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
Japanese
2 entries- 受粉 noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
- 授精 noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
Malay
1 entries- pendebungaan noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
Malayalam
1 entries- പരാഗണം noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
Māori
1 entries- ruinga hae noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- perîn noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
Portuguese
1 entries- polinização noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਪਰਾਗਣ noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
Romanian
2 entries- polenizare noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
- polenizație noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
Russian
1 entries- опыле́ние noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
Spanish
1 entries- polinización noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
Swedish
2 entries- pollination noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
- pollinering noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
Telugu
1 entries- పరాగసంపర్కము noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
Ukrainian
1 entries- запи́лення noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
Welsh
1 entries- peillio noun (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
An untranslated sentence is like a flower waiting for pollination.
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The project is part of a research initiative to see which plants are best suited for rooftop environments, both for food as well as pollination. They include hibiscus, strawberries, tomatoes and sweet potatoes.
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Pollination of plants depends on bees.
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