prolific

English

Alternative forms

• prolifick

Etymology

1640-1650: from French prolifique, from Latin proles (“offspring”) and facere (“to make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌpɹəˈlɪf.ɪk/, /ˌpɹoʊˈlɪf.ɪk/

Rhymes: -ɪfɪk

Adjective

prolific (comparative more prolific, superlative most prolific)

1. Fertile, producing offspring or fruit in abundance — applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.
2. Similarly producing results or works in abundance
   • A prolific author

Synonyms

• fertile
• (fertile, producing offspring or fruit in abundance) fecund
• (producing results or works in abundance) See also Wikisaurus:productive

Derived terms

• prolificacy
• prolifically
• prolificity
• prolificness

Translations

Fertile, producing offspring or fruit in great abundance

Catalan: prolífic (ca) Croatian: plodan (hr), rodan (hr), obilan (hr) Danish: frugtbar (da) Dutch: vruchtbaar (nl) Finnish: hedelmällinen (fi), satoisa (fi) (of plants) French: fécond (fr) m., prolifique (fr) m. and f. German: fruchtbar (de)

Serbian: Cyrillic: плодан, родан, обилан m. Roman: plodan, rodan, obilan m. Spanish: prolífico (es) Turkish: doğurgan (tr), velüt (tr); bereketli (tr), mahsûldar (tr), verimli (tr), münbit (tr)

Similarly producing results or works in abundance

Catalan: prolífic (ca) Croatian: plodan (hr) Danish: produktiv (da) Dutch: productief (nl) Finnish: tuottelias (fi), tuottoisa (fi) French: prolifique (fr) m. and f. German: produktiv (de)

Norwegian: suksessrik (no) Serbian: Cyrillic: плодан m. Roman: plodan m. Spanish: prolífico (es) Swedish: lyckad (sv) Turkish: bereketli (tr), üretken (tr), verimli (tr), yediveren (tr)

References

• prolific in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913