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fecundity

noun · 7 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, US: /fɪˈkʌndɪtɪ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: F AH0 K AH1 N D IH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Ability to produce offspring.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Ability to cause growth or increase.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Number, rate, or capacity of offspring production.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Rate of production of young by a female.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fruitfulness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: quality

Narrower terms: richness, rankness, prolificacy, fertility, productiveness, productivity

6

noun

Meaning 6

the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fruitfulness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: creativity, creativeness, creative thinking

7

noun

Meaning 7

the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fertility

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition

History

Etymology

From Latin fēcunditās (“fruitfulness, fertility”), from fēcundus, equivalent to fecund + -ity.

Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: плодовитост (plodovitost) — ability to produce offspring
  • Chinese Mandarin: 繁殖力 (fánzhílì) — ability to produce offspring
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生殖力 (shēngzhílì) — ability to produce offspring
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生育力 (shēngyùlì) — ability to produce offspring
  • Czech: plodnost — ability to produce offspring
  • Danish: frugtbarhed — ability to produce offspring
  • Dutch: vruchtbaarheid — ability to produce offspring
  • Finnish: lisääntymiskyky — ability to produce offspring
  • Finnish: fertiliteetti — ability to produce offspring
  • French: fécondité — ability to produce offspring
  • German: Fruchtbarkeit — ability to produce offspring
  • German: Fertilität — ability to produce offspring
  • German: Fortpflanzungsfähigkeit — ability to produce offspring
  • German: Schöpfungskraft — ability to produce offspring
  • German: Gestaltungskraft — ability to produce offspring
  • Ancient Greek: εὐγονία (eugonía) — ability to produce offspring
  • Hungarian: termékenység — ability to produce offspring
  • Ido: fekundeso — ability to produce offspring
  • Irish: bisiúlacht — ability to produce offspring
  • Latvian: vaislība — ability to produce offspring
  • Latvian: vaislīgums — ability to produce offspring
  • Latvian: auglība — ability to produce offspring
  • Latvian: auglīgums — ability to produce offspring
  • Māori: matahuatanga — ability to produce offspring
  • Persian: بارآوری (bâr-âvari) — ability to produce offspring
  • Portuguese: fecundidade — ability to produce offspring
  • Portuguese: fertilidade — ability to produce offspring
  • Russian: плодови́тость (plodovítostʹ) — ability to produce offspring
  • Swedish: fruktsamhet — ability to produce offspring
  • Dutch: vruchtbaarheid — ability to cause growth
  • French: fécondité — ability to cause growth
  • German: Fruchtbarkeit — ability to cause growth
  • German: Fertilität — ability to cause growth
  • German: Produktivität — ability to cause growth
  • Irish: bisiúlacht — ability to cause growth
  • Latvian: auglība — ability to cause growth
  • Latvian: auglīgums — ability to cause growth
  • Latvian: rasma — ability to cause growth
  • Latvian: rasmīgums — ability to cause growth
  • Māori: makurutanga — ability to cause growth
  • Portuguese: fecundidade — ability to cause growth
  • Portuguese: fertilidade — ability to cause growth
  • Russian: плодоро́дие (plodoródije) — ability to cause growth
  • Bulgarian: плодовитост (plodovitost) — rate or capacity of offspring production
  • Czech: plodnost — rate or capacity of offspring production
  • Dutch: vruchtbaarheid — rate or capacity of offspring production
  • French: fécondité — rate or capacity of offspring production
  • German: Fruchtbarkeit — rate or capacity of offspring production
  • German: Fertilität — rate or capacity of offspring production
  • Indonesian: fekunditas — rate or capacity of offspring production
  • Persian: بارآوری — rate or capacity of offspring production
  • Portuguese: fecundidade — rate or capacity of offspring production
  • Russian: плодови́тость (plodovítostʹ) — rate or capacity of offspring production
  • Dutch: vruchtbaarheid — rate of production of young by a female
  • Indonesian: fekunditas — rate of production of young by a female
  • Portuguese: fecundidade — rate of production of young by a female
  • Russian: плодови́тость (plodovítostʹ) — rate of production of young by a female
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