fertile
See also: Fertile
English
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin fertilis (“fruitful, fertile”), from ferō (“I bear, carry”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɜːtaɪl/, /ˈfɜːtəl/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɝːtəl/, /ˈfɝːtaɪl/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈfɝːtaɪl/
Audio (US) (file)
Adjective
fertile (comparative more fertile, superlative most fertile)
- (of land etc) capable of growing abundant crops; productive
- (biology) capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful
- (biology) capable of developing past the egg stage
- (of an imagination etc) productive or prolific
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:productive
- fecund
Related terms
Translations
(of land etc) capable of growing abundant crops
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(biology) capable of reproducing
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(biology) capable of developing past the egg stage
(of an imagination etc) productive or prolific
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Further reading
- fertile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- fertile in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- fertile at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
Further reading
- “fertile” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Antonyms
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Latin
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