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)

  1. (of land etc) capable of growing abundant crops; productive
  2. (biology) capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful
  3. (biology) capable of developing past the egg stage
  4. (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

Anagrams

French

Adjective

fertile (plural fertiles)

  1. fertile

Further reading

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Italian

Adjective

fertile (masculine and feminine plural fertili)

  1. fertile

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See also

Latin

Adjective

fertile

  1. nominative neuter singular of fertilis
  2. accusative neuter singular of fertilis
  3. vocative neuter singular of fertilis
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