fertility

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /fɚːˈtɪləti/, X-SAMPA: /f@`:"tIl@ti/

Noun

fertility (countable and uncountable; plural fertilities)

1. (uncountable) The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.

   Muckspreading increases the fertility of the soil.

2. (countable) The birthrate of a population; the number of live births per 1000 people per year.

Synonyms

• fecundity, fertileness

Antonyms

• infertility

Derived terms

• oncofertility

Translations

the condition, or the degree of being fertile

• Arabic: خصوبة (ar) (xoṣoba) f

  Egyptian Arabic: خصوبة (xoṣoba) f

• Czech: plodnost (cs) f
• Danish: frugtbarhed (da)
• Dutch: vruchtbaarheid (nl)

• Finnish: hedelmällisyys (fi)
• German: Fruchtbarkeit (de) f
• Greek: γονιμότητα (el) (gonimótita) f
• Hebrew: פּוֹרִיּוּת (he) (poriút) f
• Polish: płodność (pl) f

the birthrate of a population

• Danish: fertilitet (da)

• Finnish: hedelmällisyys (fi)

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Translations to be checked

• French: fertilité
• Italian: fertilità, f

• Kurdish: به‌پیتی
• Scottish Gaelic: sliochdmhorachd f, torraicheas m, torachas m, mathas m

External links

• Fertility on Wikipedia.Wikipedia