fertility

English

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fertility (uncountable)

1. The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.

   Muckspreading increases the fertility of the soil.

2. 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

Czech: plodnost (cs) f. Danish: frugtbarhed (da) Dutch: vruchtbaarheid (nl) Finnish: hedelmällisyys (fi)

German: Fruchtbarkeit (de) 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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French: fertilité Italian: fertilità, f.

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

External links

• Fertility on Wikipedia.Wikipedia