fertilization

English

Alternative forms

• fertilisation

Etymology

fertilize +‎ -ation

Noun

fertilization (plural fertilizations)

1. The act or process of rendering fertile.
2. The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable gametes; especially, the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation.

Synonyms

• conception
• fecundation
• syngamy

Derived terms

• in vitro fertilization

Translations

act of rendering fertile

• Bulgarian: оплождане (bg) (oploždane) n
• Catalan: fertilització (ca) f
• Czech: oplodnění (cs) n

• Italian: fertilizzazione (it) f
• Malay: persenyawaan (ms)
• Scottish Gaelic: torachadh (gd) m
• Spanish: fertilización (es) f

act of fecundating

• Bulgarian: опрашване (bg) (oprašvane) n
• Catalan: fecundació (ca) f
• German: Befruchtung (de) f

• Irish: toirchiú (ga) m
• Italian: fecondazione (it) f
• Spanish: fecundación (es) f