fertile

fer·tile  (fûrtl)

adj.

1. Biology

a. Capable of initiating, sustaining, or supporting reproduction.

b. Capable of growing and developing; able to mature: a fertile egg.

2. Botany Bearing functional reproductive structures such as seeds or fruit or material such as spores or pollen.

3. Bearing or producing crops or vegetation abundantly; fruitful.

4. Rich in material needed to sustain plant growth: fertile soil.

5. Highly or continuously productive; prolific: a fertile imagination; a fertile source of new ideas.

6. Physics Capable of producing fissionable material: fertile thorium 232.

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[Middle English fertil, from Old French fertile, from Latin fertilis, from ferre, to bear; see bher-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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fertile·ly adv.

fertile·ness n.

Synonyms: fertile, fecund, fruitful, productive, prolific
These adjectives mean marked by great productivity: fertile farmland; a fecund imagination; fruitful efforts; a productive meeting; a prolific writer.

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fertile [ˈfɜːtaɪl]

adj

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) capable of producing offspring

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture)

a.  (of land) having nutrients capable of sustaining an abundant growth of plants

b.  (of farm animals) capable of breeding stock

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Biology

a.  capable of undergoing growth and development fertile seeds fertile eggs

b.  (of plants) capable of producing gametes, spores, seeds, or fruits

4. producing many offspring; prolific

5. highly productive; rich; abundant a fertile brain

6. (Physics / General Physics) Physics (of a substance) able to be transformed into fissile or fissionable material, esp in a nuclear reactor

7. conducive to productiveness fertile rain

[from Latin fertilis, from ferre to bear]

fertilely  adv

fertileness  n

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fertile  (fûrtl)

1. Capable of producing offspring, seeds, or fruit.

2. Capable of developing into a complete organism; fertilized.

3. Capable of supporting plant life; favorable to the growth of crops and plants.

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fertility noun

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	fertile - capable of reproducing fruitful - productive or conducive to producing in abundance; "be fruitful and multiply" potent, stiff, strong - having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink" productive - producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly); "productive farmland"; "his productive years"; "a productive collaboration" infertile, sterile, unfertile - incapable of reproducing; "an infertile couple"
	2.	fertile - intellectually productive; "a prolific writer"; "a fecund imagination" prolific, fecund productive - producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly); "productive farmland"; "his productive years"; "a productive collaboration"
	3.	fertile - bearing in abundance especially offspring; "flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree" prolific fruitful - productive or conducive to producing in abundance; "be fruitful and multiply"
	4.	fertile - marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" productive, rich, fat fruitful - productive or conducive to producing in abundance; "be fruitful and multiply"

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fertile

adjective

1. productive, rich, flowering, lush, fat, yielding, prolific, abundant, plentiful, fruitful, teeming, luxuriant, generative, fecund, fruit-bearing, flowing with milk and honey, plenteous the rolling fertile countryside of Ireland
productive poor, dry, barren, sterile, impotent, unproductive, infertile, unfruitful, infecund

2. creative, productive, prolific, inventive, resourceful a product of his fertile imagination

3. able to conceive, able to reproduce, able to have children, able to have babies, able to have young, potent The operation cannot make her fertile again.

Translations

fertile [ˈfɜːtaɪl] ADJ

1. (Agr) [land, valley, soil] → fértil

2. (Bio) [woman, animal, phase] → fértil; [egg] → fértil, fecundo

3. (fig) (= productive) → fértil; (= creative) [imagination, mind] → fecundo, fértil
this was her most fertile period of writing → como escritora, ésta fue su época más fértil
this situation provides a fertile breeding ground for racists → esta situación es un caldo de cultivo para el racismo

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fertile [ˈfɜː^rtaɪl] adj

[land, soil] → fertile
fertile ground (fig) → terrain m propice
to be fertile ground for sth → être un terrain propice pour qch

(= vivid) [imagination] → fertile

[person, animal] → fécond(e) fertile period
fertile period n [woman, animal] → période f de fécondité

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fertile

adj

(Agr, Biol) land, region, woman, man, animal → fruchtbar; soil → ergiebig; egg, ovum → befruchtungsfähig; the fertile period or time → die fruchtbaren Tage

(fig: = productive) mind, brain → produktiv; imagination, period → fruchtbar; the idea fell on fertile ground → der Gedanke fiel auf fruchtbaren Boden; this is fertile ground for racists/ethnic hatred → das ist fruchtbarer Boden für Rassisten/Rassenhass

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fertile [ˈfɜːtaɪl] adj (gen) → fertile; (creature, plant) → fecondo/a
fertile period → periodo di fecondità

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fertile [ˈfɜːtaɪl] adj (gen) → fertile; (creature, plant) → fecondo/a
fertile period → periodo di fecondità

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fertile

adj fertile [ˈfəːtail]

1 producing a lot fertile fields; a fertile mind/imagination. ryk, produktief خَصْب، خَصيب плодороден úrodný; vynalézavý frugtbar; frodig fruchtbar, schöpferisch γόνιμος fértil viljakas بارور hedelmällinen fertile פּוֹרֶה उर्वर plodan termékeny subur frjór fertile 肥沃な 기름진 derlingas, turtingas ražīgs; bagāts; radošs (par iztēli u.tml.) subur vruchtbaar fruktbar, rik, frodig żyzny fértil fertil плодородный;богатый úrodný; vynachádzavý ploden plodan bördig, produktiv, rik ที่อุดมสมบูรณ์ verimli 肥沃的，多產的 родючий; багатий زرخیز phì nhiêu; màu mỡ 肥沃的，丰富的

2 able to produce fruit, children, young animals etc fertile seed. vrugbaar مُثْمِر، وَلود плодовит plodný frugtbar fruchtbar καρπερός fértil paljunemisvõimeline زاینده lisääntymiskykyinen fécond פּוֹרֶה फलद rodan termékeny subur frjór fertile, fecondo 繁殖力のある 다산인 vaisingas auglīgs; dīgtspējīgs (par sēklām) subur vruchtbaar fruktbar płodny fértil fecund плодовитый plodný rodoviten plodan fruktsam, fertil ที่สามารถให้ลูกได้ doğurgan 有繁殖力的 родючий; плодоносний اگنے پنپنے کی صلاحیت والا tốt giống 有繁殖力的

n ferˈtility [-ˈti-]

the state or condition of being fertile. vrugbaarheid خِصْب، خُصوبه، إخْصاب плодородие úrodnost; plodnost frugtbarhed; frodighed die Fruchtbarkeit γονιμότητα fertilidad viljakus باروری hedelmällisyys fertilité פּוֹרִיוּת उपजाऊपन plodnost, rodnost termékenység kesuburan frjósemi fertilità 肥沃さ 비옥, 다산 derlingumas, vaisingumas auglība; ražība; vaislība kesuburan vruchtbaarheid fruktbarhet płodność, urodzajność fertilidade fertilitate плодородие; плодовитость úrodnosť; plodnosť plodnost plodnost bördighet, fruktsamhet, fertilitet ความอุดมสมบูรณ์ verimlilik 繁殖力 родючість, плодючість زرخیزی tình trạng màu mỡ; khả năng sinh sản 繁殖力

v fertilize, fertilise [-ti-]

to make fertile He fertilized his fields with manure; An egg must be fertilized before it can develop. bemes, bevrug يُسَمِّد الأرْض обогатявам pohnojit, zúrodnit; oplodnit gøde; befrugte fruchtbar machen, befruchten λιπαίνω, γονιμοποιώ fertilizar viljastama, väetama بارور کردن hedelmöittää, lannoittaa fertiliser לְהַפרוֹת उपजाऊ बनाना oploditi, nagnojiti (meg)termékenyít menyuburkan bera áburð á; frjóvga fertilizzare; fecondare 肥料をほどこす 기름지게 하다 tręšti, apvaisinti mēslot (augsni); apaugļot; apputeksnēt menyuburkan bemesten, bevruchten gjødsle; befrukte nawozić fertilizar a fertiliza удобрять; оплодотворять zúrodniť; oplodniť oploditi; gnojiti oploditi gödsla, befrukta ผสมพันธุ์ gübrelemek; döllemek 使肥沃，使受精 удобрювати; запліднювати زرخیز بنانا thụ tinh, thụ phấn; làm cho phì nhiêu 使肥沃，使受精

n fertiliˈzation, ˌfertiliˈsation

bevrugting تَسْميد، إخْصاب торене pohnojení, zúrodnění; oplodnění gødning; befrugtning das Fruchtbarmachen, die Befruchtung λίπανση, γονιμοποίηση fertilización viljastamine, väetamine بارور سازی lannoitus, hedelmöitys fertilisation הַפרָיָה उपजाऊ बनाने की विधि oplodnja, fertilizacija (meg)termékenyítés pembuahan frjóvgun fertilizzazione; fecondazione 施肥 기름지게 함, 수정 tręšimas, apvaisinimas (augsnes) mēslošana; apaugļošana; apputeksnēšana penyuburan het bemesten, bevruchting gjødsling; befruktning nawożenie fertilização fertilizare удобрение;оплодотворение zúrodnenie; oplodnenie oploditev; pognojitev oplodnja gödsling, befruktning การผสมพันธุ์ gübreleme, dölle(n)me 施肥，受精 удобрювання; запліднення تولیدی عمل sự thụ tinh; sự làm cho màu mỡ 施肥，受精

n fertilizer, ˈfertiliser [-ti-]

a substance (manure, chemicals etc) used to make land (more) fertile. bemesting سَماد тор (umělé hnojivo) gødning der Dünger λίπασμα fertilizante, abono väetis کود lainnoite engrais דֶשֶׁן खाद umjetno gnojivo (mű)trágya pupuk áburður fertilizzante 肥料 비료 trąša mēslojums; mākslīgie mēsli baja mest gjødsel, gjødningsmiddel nawóz fertilizante îngrăşământ удобрение hnojivo gnojilo đubrivo gödningsmedel, konstgödsel ปุ๋ย gübre 肥料 удобрювач; добриво کھاد phân bón 肥料

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fertile → خِصب plodný frugtbar fruchtbar γόνιμος fértil hedelmällinen fertile plodan fertile 繁殖力のある 비옥한 vruchtbaar fruktbar urodzajny fértil плодородный fertil ซึ่งมีดินอุดมสมบูรณ์ verimli màu mỡ 肥沃的