spawn

engendrer, générer

Faire naître de nombreuses choses nouvelles ou de nombreux êtres vivants.

En anglais simple : To produce many new things or living creatures.

• The film spawned several sequels.
• One successful game can spawn hundreds of copies.
• The movement has spawned many local groups.

Synonymes : generate, produce, create

Expressions courantes : spawn new ideas, spawn a generation, spawn more something, spawn new generations

frayer, pondre

Pondre des œufs dans l’eau, comme les poissons et les grenouilles.

En anglais simple : To lay eggs in water, as fish and frogs do.

• The frogs spawn in spring.
• These fish spawned near the riverbank.
• Salmon return to the same stream to spawn.

Comment l'utiliser : spawn in something (Salmon spawn in shallow streams.)

Synonymes : lay eggs

Expressions courantes : spawn in something, spawn upstream, spawn in water, spawn in spring

œufs de grenouille

Ensemble d’œufs de grenouille entourés d’une matière transparente et gélatineuse.

En anglais simple : A group of frog eggs covered in clear jelly.

• We found spawn in the pond.
• The spawn will soon hatch into tadpoles.
• Clear jelly protects the frog spawn.

Synonymes : frog eggs

Expressions courantes : frog spawn, a clump of spawn

frai, œufs

Grande quantité d’œufs pondus par des animaux vivant dans l’eau.

En anglais simple : A large group of eggs laid by animals that live in water.

• Fish spawn covered the rocks.
• The shallow water was full of spawn.
• Small fish ate some of the fresh spawn.

Synonymes : eggs, roe

Expressions courantes : fish spawn, masses of spawn

germe, produit

Ce qui lance un nouveau développement, ou ce qui provient d’une source particulière.

En anglais simple : Something that begins new growth, or something produced by a particular source.

• The plan was the spawn of fear.
• They called the new movement the spawn of corruption.
• These tiny seeds are the spawn of future forests.

Comment l'utiliser : the spawn of something (The scheme was the spawn of greed.)

Synonymes : seed, product

Expressions courantes : the spawn of, evil spawn