fertilitet
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Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French fertilité (“fertility”), from fertile (“fertile”) + -ité (“-ity, -ness”), from Latin fertilis (“fruitful, fertile”), from ferō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fertilitet c (singular definite fertiliteten, not used in plural form)
- fertility (both senses)
Usage notes
[edit]In compounds: fertilitets-.
Synonyms
[edit]- (the condition, or the degree of being fertile): frugtbarhed
- (the birthrate of a population): fertilitetskvotient, fødselshyppighed