different between parentage vs breeding

English

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French parentage

Noun

parentage (countable and uncountable, plural parentages)

1. The identity and nature of one's parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of one's birth.
2. The social quality of one's class in society.
   • 1608, Shakespeare, Pericles, Act 5, Scene 1:

     My fortunes parentage — good parentage — To equal mine! — was it not thus? What say you?

3. (figuratively) Origin; derivation.

Related terms

• parentship
• parentdom

Translations

Anagrams

• pageanter

Old French

Etymology

parent +? -age

Noun

parentage m (oblique plural parentages, nominative singular parentages, nominative plural parentage)

1. bloodline, heritage

   Jeo sui de bon parentage - I am of noble birth

Synonyms

• parenté

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?i?d??/
• Rhymes: -i?d??

Etymology 1

From Middle English breedyng, bredynge (“gestation, incubation, propagation, hatching; engineering, formation, development, growth”), equivalent to breed +? -ing.

Noun

breeding (countable and uncountable, plural breedings)

1. Propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.
2. The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.
3. The act of copulation in animals.
4. The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity.
5. Nurture; education; formation of manners.
6. Descent; pedigree; extraction.
7. (gay slang) Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex, usually applied to gay pornography.

Derived terms

• inbreeding
• outbreeding

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English bredyng, bredynge, from Old English *br?dende, from Proto-Germanic *br?dijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *br?dijan? (“to brood; breed”), equivalent to breed +? -ing.

Adjective

breeding (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to or used for breeding.

   Your toothbrush is a breeding ground for bacteria.

Derived terms

• breeding ground

Verb

breeding

1. present participle of breed

   Through genetic manipulation and harsh training, I am breeding a species of super-dogs to take over the world.

Anagrams

• beringed, bigender