fertility C2+ Topic:Family & Relationships US /fərˈtɪlɪti/ UK /fəˈtɪlɪti/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the ability to produce offspring or abundant vegetation Crop rotation helps preserve the soil's fertility. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the ability to produce... fruitfulnessfecundityproductivenessrichnessabundance ↔ Opposites infertilitysterilitybarrenness Word family Related forms fertilefertilizefertilizer Etymology AI details 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 View etymology graph -> Topics Family & Relationships Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown