"breeder" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbɹiːdɚ/ Audio: En-au-breeder.ogg [Australia] Forms: breeders [plural]
Rhymes: -iːdə(ɹ) Etymology: breed + -er. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|breed|-er|id2=agent noun}} breed + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} breeder (plural breeders)
  1. A person who breeds plants or animals (professionally). Categories (topical): People Translations ((professional) plant or animal breeder): criador [masculine] (Catalan), criadora [feminine] (Catalan), jalostaja (english: plant) (Finnish), kasvattaja (english: animal) (Finnish), éleveur [masculine] (French), éleveuse [feminine] (French), criador [masculine] (Galician), criadora [feminine] (Galician), Züchter [masculine] (German), Züchterin [feminine] (German), Pflanzenzüchter (english: plant) [masculine] (German), Pflanzenzüchterin (english: plant) [feminine] (German), Tierzüchter (english: animal) [masculine] (German), Tierzüchterin (english: animal) [feminine] (German), κτηνοτρόφος (ktinotrófos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), tenyésztő (note: of animals) (Hungarian), állattenyésztő (Hungarian), növénytermesztő (note: of plants) (Hungarian), szaporítóanyag-termesztő (Hungarian), pembiak baka (Malay), hodowca [masculine] (Polish), hodowczyni [feminine] (Polish), criador [masculine] (Portuguese), criadora [feminine] (Portuguese), crescător [masculine] (Romanian), crescătoare [feminine] (Romanian), селекционе́р (selekcionér) [masculine] (Russian), criador [masculine] (Spanish), criadora [feminine] (Spanish), uppfödare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-breeder-en-noun-G4bvqf6O Disambiguation of People: 15 32 7 28 18 Disambiguation of '(professional) plant or animal breeder': 48 15 4 26 7
  2. Ellipsis of breeder reactor; a type of nuclear reactor that creates more fissile material than it consumes, often used for the production of atomic weapons. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: breeder reactor (extra: a type of nuclear reactor that creates more fissile material than it consumes, often used for the production of atomic weapons) Categories (topical): Occupations, People Translations (pattern in cellular automation): synnyttäjä (Finnish) Translations (type of nuclear reactor): hyötöreaktori (Finnish), Brüter [masculine] (German), Brutreaktor [masculine] (German), tenyészreaktor (Hungarian), autofertilizzante (Italian), бри́дер (brídɛr) [masculine] (Russian), реа́ктор-размножи́тель (reáktor-razmnožítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), brider [common-gender] (Swedish), bridreaktor [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-breeder-en-noun-BONwTNfL Disambiguation of Occupations: 25 34 9 24 8 Disambiguation of People: 15 32 7 28 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 50 16 16 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 63 14 11 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 14 51 14 16 5 Disambiguation of 'pattern in cellular automation': 12 41 32 12 2 Disambiguation of 'type of nuclear reactor': 6 80 7 6 1
  3. (cellular automata) A pattern that exhibits quadratic growth by generating multiple copies of a secondary pattern, each of which then generates multiple copies of a tertiary pattern. Categories (topical): Cellular automata
    Sense id: en-breeder-en-noun-en:cellular_automata Topics: cellular-automata, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  4. (slang, derogatory) A person who has had or who is capable of having children; a person who is focussed on the rearing of their own children. Tags: derogatory, slang Categories (topical): People Translations (slang, derogatory: person focussed on the rearing of their children): vaislenieks [masculine] (Latvian), reprodutor [masculine] (Portuguese), reproducător [masculine] (Romanian), производи́тель (proizvodítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-breeder-en-noun-fndAhWYc Disambiguation of People: 15 32 7 28 18 Disambiguation of 'slang, derogatory: person focussed on the rearing of their children': 23 11 4 57 5
  5. (gay slang, derogatory) A heterosexual; i.e. one whose sexual intercourse can lead to breeding. Tags: derogatory, slang Categories (topical): People Synonyms: heterosexual Translations (heterosexual): hetsku (Finnish), Hete [feminine] (German), hetero [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-breeder-en-noun-w7CF8FSd Disambiguation of People: 15 32 7 28 18 Topics: LGBT Disambiguation of 'heterosexual': 0 4 2 1 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fast breeder, fast-breeder reactor, stockbreeder, weather breeder Related terms: breed, breeder reactor, breeding, brood, brooding, purebred, pure-bred

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "heterosexual",
      "word": "hetsku"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "heterosexual",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hete"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "heterosexual",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hetero"
    }
  ],
  "word": "breeder"
}
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  "called_from": "translations/324",
  "msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Dutch: (1) __IGNORE__",
  "path": [
    "breeder"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "breeder",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "translations/324",
  "msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Vietnamese: (1) __IGNORE__",
  "path": [
    "breeder"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "breeder",
  "trace": ""
}

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