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fer·til·i·ty
(fər-tĭl′ĭ-tē)n.
1. The condition, quality, or degree of being fertile.
2. The birthrate of a population.
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fertility
(fɜːˈtɪlɪtɪ)n
1. (Zoology) the ability to produce offspring, esp abundantly
2. the state or quality of being fertile
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fer•til•i•ty
(fərˈtɪl ɪ ti)n.
1. the state or quality of being fertile.
2. the ability to produce offspring; power of reproduction.
3. the birthrate of a population.
[1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French) < Latin]
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Noun | 1. | fertility - the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year rate - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected" |
2. | fertility - the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions infertility, sterility - the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate | |
3. | fertility - the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovely in their rankness" fruitfulness, fecundity - the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth |
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fertility
noun
1. fruitfulness, abundance, richness, fecundity, luxuriance, productiveness He brought large sterile acreages back to fertility.
2. ability to conceive, potency, ability to have children, ability to have babies, ability to have young Pregnancy is the only sure test for fertility.
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fertility
nounThe quality or state of being fertile:
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Translations
خِصْب، خُصوبه، إخْصاب
plodnostúrodnost
frodighedfrugtbarhed
frjósemi
plodnosťúrodnosť
fertility
[fəˈtɪlɪtɪ]A. N [of land, woman, animal] → fertilidad f
B. CPD fertility drug N → medicamento m para el tratamiento de la infertilidad
fertility rite N → rito m de fertilidad
fertility treatment N → tratamiento m contra la esterilidad
fertility rite N → rito m de fertilidad
fertility treatment N → tratamiento m contra la esterilidad
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
fertility
[fɜːrˈtɪlɪti] n [soil] → fertilité f
[woman, animal] → fécondité f fertility symbolfertility clinic n → centre m de procréation médicalement assistéefertility drug n → médicament m contre la stérilitéfertility symbol n → symbole m de féconditéfertility treatment n → traitement m de l'infertilité f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
fertility
n (lit, fig) → Fruchtbarkeit f; (of soil, seed also) → Ergiebigkeit f; (fig, of mind, brain) → Produktivität f
fertility
:fertility cult
n → Fruchtbarkeitskult m
fertility drug
n → Fruchtbarkeitspille f
fertility symbol
n → Fruchtbarkeitssymbol nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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fertile
(ˈfəːtail) adjective1. producing a lot. fertile fields; a fertile mind/imagination.
2. able to produce fruit, children, young animals etc. fertile seed.
ferˈtility (-ˈti-) noun the state or condition of being fertile.
fertilize, fertilise (-ti-) verb to make fertile. He fertilized his fields with manure; An egg must be fertilized before it can develop.
ˌfertiliˈzation, ˌfertiliˈsation nounˈfertilizer, ˈfertiliser (-ti-) noun
a substance (manure, chemicals etc) used to make land (more) fertile.
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fer·til·i·ty
n. fertilidad, fecundidad.
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