fertility

C2+ Topic:Family & Relationships

US /fərˈtɪlɪti/ UK /fəˈtɪlɪti/ See IPA manual

noun

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1

noun
the ability to produce offspring or abundant vegetation

Crop rotation helps preserve the soil's fertility.

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1 noun · the ability to produce... fruitfulness fecundity productiveness richness abundance

Opposites

infertility sterility barrenness

Word family

Related forms fertile fertilizefertilizer

Etymology

From Old French fertilité, from Latin fertilitas ('fruitfulness'), from fertilis ('fruitful'), from ferre ('to bear'), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.

fertilitas Latin ferre Middle English *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European

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# fertility

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** fərˈtɪlɪti
**IPA (UK):** fəˈtɪlɪti

## Meanings
1. the ability to produce offspring or abundant vegetation

## Examples
- Crop rotation helps preserve the soil's fertility.

## Synonyms
- fruitfulness
- fecundity
- productiveness
- richness
- abundance

## Antonyms
- infertility
- sterility
- barrenness

## Related Forms
- fertile
- fertilize
- fertilizer

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: fertilitas
- Root: ferre
- Root: *bʰer-

## Etymology
From Old French fertilité, from Latin fertilitas ('fruitfulness'), from fertilis ('fruitful'), from ferre ('to bear'), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.

## AI Etymology
Fertility comes from Old French fertilité, from Latin fertilitas ('fruitfulness'), from fertilis ('fruitful'), from ferre ('to bear'), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. The etymological trail includes Latin fertilitas, Latin ferre, and Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. As a noun, fertility names the ability to produce offspring or abundant vegetation. The same family is visible in related forms such as fertile, fertilize, and fertilizer.

## Topics
- Family & Relationships
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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