Spawn

//spɔn//

Synonyms for "spawn" (81 found)

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Translations

167 translations across 40 languages.

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Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • çoxalmaq verb (to reproduce, especially in large numbers)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • ыуылдырыҡ noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • изчадие noun (any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring)
  • мицел noun (mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation)
  • потомък noun (any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring)
  • хайвер noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)

Catalan

2 entries
  • fresa noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)
  • fresar verb (to produce or deposit (eggs) in water)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • گەرا noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 生成 verb (to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time)

Czech

4 entries
  • jikry noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)
  • potěr noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)
  • výplod noun (any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring)
  • dát vzniknout verb (to bring forth in general)

Danish

1 entries
  • gyde verb (to produce or deposit (eggs) in water)

Dutch

4 entries
  • kuit noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)
  • kuitschieten verb (to produce or deposit (eggs) in water)
  • paaien verb (to produce or deposit (eggs) in water)
  • paaien verb (to reproduce, especially in large numbers)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • frajo noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)

Finnish

4 entries
  • alkulähde noun (any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring)
  • kutu noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)
  • lähde noun (any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring)
  • sienirihmasto noun (mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation)

French

4 entries
  • frai noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)
  • rejeton noun (any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring)
  • apparaître verb (to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time)
  • engendrer verb (to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers)

Galician

1 entries
  • bragada noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)

German

4 entries
  • Ausgeburt noun (any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring)
  • Ausgeburt des Teufels noun (any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring)
  • Fischlaich noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)
  • Froschlaich noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • petéket rak verb (to deposit (numerous) eggs in water)
  • ívik verb (to deposit (numerous) eggs in water)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • gjóta verb (to produce or deposit (eggs) in water)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • memijah verb (to produce or deposit (eggs) in water)
  • memijahkan verb (to produce or deposit (eggs) in water)
  • muncul verb (to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • kuttiissa verb (to produce or deposit (eggs) in water)

Italian

4 entries
  • dare alla luce verb (to bring forth in general)
  • deporre le uova verb (to produce or deposit (eggs) in water)
  • generare verb (to bring forth in general)
  • spawnare verb (to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • chéu verb (to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers)

Latin

1 entries
  • pariō verb (to bring forth in general)

Latvian

3 entries
  • ikri noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)
  • nārstot verb (to produce or deposit (eggs) in water)
  • nārstot verb (to deposit (numerous) eggs in water)

Luxembourgish

2 entries
  • Läich noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)
  • läichen verb (to produce or deposit (eggs) in water)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • и́кра noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)
  • се мре́сти verb (to produce or deposit (eggs) in water)
  • се по́јави verb (to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time)
  • со́здаде verb (to bring forth in general)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • түрс noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)

Māori

2 entries
  • paratau noun (any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring)
  • toene noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • togn noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • یومورطه noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)

Persian

2 entries
  • اشپل noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)
  • تخمریزی verb (to produce or deposit (eggs) in water)

Polish

4 entries
  • grzybnia noun (mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation)
  • ikra noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)
  • nasienie noun (any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring)
  • pomiot noun (any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • ova noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)
  • desovar verb (to produce or deposit (eggs) in water)
  • gerar verb (to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers)
  • gerar verb (to bring forth in general)

Romanian

2 entries
  • icre noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)
  • spawna verb (to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time)

Russian

4 entries
  • вы́водок noun (any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring)
  • грибни́ца noun (mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation)
  • икра́ noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)
  • мице́лий noun (mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • cladh noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)
  • cladh verb (to produce or deposit (eggs) in water)
  • cladh verb (to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers)
  • cladh verb (to deposit (numerous) eggs in water)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries
  • ikra noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)
  • potomak noun (any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring)
  • spora noun (mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation)

Spanish

4 entries
  • desove noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)
  • freza noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)
  • aparecer verb (to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time)
  • desovar verb (to produce or deposit (eggs) in water)

Swedish

2 entries
  • rom noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)
  • yngel noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • mamayabat verb (to produce or deposit (eggs) in water)

Turkish

4 entries
  • döl noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)
  • döl noun (any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring)
  • nesil noun (any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring)
  • soy noun (any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring)

Volapük

2 entries
  • fitanögem noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)
  • froganögem noun (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism)

Sample sentences

28 total sentences available.

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What might a planet need to spawn life?

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Begone, wretched spawn of Hell's unholy bowels!

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When do salmon spawn?

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Millions of salmon return to this river to spawn.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.