fertilitate

English

Etymology

From fertility, with change of suffix after debilitate.

Verb

fertilitate (third-person singular simple present fertilitates, present participle fertilitating, simple past and past participle fertilitated)

  1. (rare, obsolete) To make fertile; to fertilize.
    • 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, II:
      a sweet rivolet playes wantonly in two streames through the Towne, fertilitating the Groves and Gardens

Latin

Noun

fertilitāte

  1. ablative singular of fertilitas

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fertilitas through French fertilité.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [fer.ti.liˈta.te]

Noun

fertilitate f (uncountable)

  1. fertility

Declension
declension of fertilitate (singular only)
singular
f gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) fertilitate fertilitatea
genitive/dative (unei) fertilități fertilității
vocative fertilitate, fertilitateo
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