infertility

English

Etymology

From Middle French infertilité, from Late Latin infertilitas.

Pronunciation

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Noun

infertility (countable and uncountable, plural infertilities)

1. The condition of being infertile; of having poor fertility.

   Soil infertility is a major problem for farmers.

2. The inability to conceive children.

   Infertility is a considerable obstacle for women wishing to make a family.

Derived terms

• absolute uterine factor infertility
• absolute uterine infertility
• social infertility

 

Related terms

• fertility
• infertile

Translations

condition of being infertile - soil, etc

• Bulgarian: неплодородност f (neplodorodnost)
• Catalan: infertilitat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貧瘠／贫瘠 (zh) (pínjí), 不毛 (zh) (bùmáo), 不肥沃 (bù féiwò)

• Finnish: hedelmättömyys (fi)
• Irish: neamhthorthúlacht f
• Japanese: 不毛 (ja) (ふもう, fumō)
• Macedonian: бе́сплодност f (bésplodnost)
• Manx: ^{(please verify)} neuvessoilid m, ^{(please verify)} neuhroaraght f
• Maori: toheteatanga, tītōheatanga, mātao
• Middle English: bareynnesse, bareynte
• Old English: unwæstmbǣrnes f
• Ottoman Turkish: قیصیرلق (kısırlık)
• Polish: (of soil) nieurodzajność (pl) f
• Portuguese: infertilidade f
• Romanian: infertilitate (ro) f
• Russian: неплодоро́дность (ru) f (neplodoródnostʹ), неплодоро́дие (ru) n (neplodoródije)
• Scottish Gaelic: neo-shìolmhorachd f, mì-thorrachas m
• Turkmen: hasylsyzlyk

inability to conceive - people and animals

• Bulgarian: безплодие (bg) n (bezplodie)
• Catalan: infertilitat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不孕 (zh) (bùyùn), 不孕症 (zh) (bùyùnzhèng), 無生育能力／无生育能力 (wú shēngyù nénglì)

• Czech: neplodnost (cs) f
• Finnish: hedelmättömyys (fi)
• German: Unfruchtbarkeit f
• Greek: στειρότητα (el) f (steirótita)
• Irish: neamhthorthúlacht f
• Japanese: 不妊 (ja) (ふにん, funin)
• Kazakh: бедеулік (bedeulık)
• Macedonian: не́плодност f (néplodnost)
• Manx: neuvessoilid m, neuhroaraght f
• Maori: pukupātanga, wharepātanga, pākokotanga, matapātanga
• Middle English: bareynnesse, bareynte
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ufruktbarhet m or f

• Old English: unwæstmbǣrnes f
• Ottoman Turkish: قیصیرلق (kısırlık)
• Polish: bezpłodność (pl) f
• Portuguese: infertilidade f
• Romanian: infertilitate (ro) f
• Russian: беспло́дие (ru) n (besplódije)
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-thorrachas m
• Spanish: esterilidad f
• Swahili: ugumba
• Swedish: infertilitet (sv) c
• Turkish: kısırlık (tr)
• Turkmen: tohumsyzlyk
• Vietnamese: vô sinh (vi) (無生)
• Yoruba: àìrọ́mọbí

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} onvruchtbaarheid (nl)
• French: ^{(please verify)} infertilité (fr) f
• German: ^{(please verify)} Unfruchtbarkeit f
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} infertilità (it) f, ^{(please verify)} sterilità (it) f
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 불모 (bulmo)
• Latin: (Vulgar and Modern Latin) ^{(please verify)} infertilitas f (Classical Latin) ^{(please verify)} sterilitas f
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} infertilidad f

See also

• sterility