adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈfɛk.ənd/
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General-American:/ˈfɛk.ənd/
General-American:/ˈfi.kənd/
rhymes with -ɛkənd
rhymes with -iːkənd
1
adj
Meaning 1
Highly fertile; able to produce offspring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: formal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fruitful, battle, childing
Antonyms: barren, infecund
2
adj
Meaning 2
Leading to new ideas or innovation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fertile, productive, prolific
Antonyms: unproductive
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
capable of producing offspring or vegetation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
intellectually productive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a prolific writer
a fecund imagination
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fertile, prolific
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle French fécond, from Latin fēcundus (“fertile”), which is related to fētus and fēmina (“woman”).
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
պտղաբեր
(ptġaber)
— highly fertile; able to produce offspring
Armenian:
պտղավետ
(ptġavet)
— highly fertile; able to produce offspring
Bulgarian:
плодовит
(plodovit)
— highly fertile; able to produce offspring
Danish:
frugtbar
— highly fertile; able to produce offspring
French:
fécond
— highly fertile; able to produce offspring
German:
fruchtbar
— highly fertile; able to produce offspring
Hungarian:
termékeny
— highly fertile; able to produce offspring
Ido:
fekunda
— highly fertile; able to produce offspring
Irish:
bisiúil
— highly fertile; able to produce offspring
Latin:
fēcundus
— highly fertile; able to produce offspring
Latvian:
vaislīgs
— highly fertile; able to produce offspring
Latvian:
auglīgs
— highly fertile; able to produce offspring
Māori:
matahua
— highly fertile; able to produce offspring
Russian:
плодови́тый
(plodovítyj)
— highly fertile; able to produce offspring
Spanish:
fecundo
— highly fertile; able to produce offspring
Turkish:
doğurgan
— highly fertile; able to produce offspring
Turkish:
mahsuldar
— highly fertile; able to produce offspring
Turkish:
verimli
— highly fertile; able to produce offspring
Turkish:
feyyaz
— highly fertile; able to produce offspring
Turkish:
gür
— highly fertile; able to produce offspring
Turkish:
bitek
— highly fertile; able to produce offspring
Armenian:
արգասավոր
(argasavor)
— leading to new ideas or innovation
Armenian:
բեղմնավոր
(beġmnavor)
— leading to new ideas or innovation
Bulgarian:
плодотворен
(plodotvoren)
— leading to new ideas or innovation
German:
fruchtbar
— leading to new ideas or innovation
German:
produktiv
— leading to new ideas or innovation
Hungarian:
termékeny
— leading to new ideas or innovation
Swedish:
fruktbar
— leading to new ideas or innovation
Turkish:
üretken
— leading to new ideas or innovation
