fertile

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɜːtaɪl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɜːtəl/
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• US: /ˈfɝːtəl/
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• US: /ˈfɝːtaɪl/
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• Canada: /ˈfɝːtaɪl/
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• homophone: firtle
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• homophone: furtle (one US pronunciation)
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• CMU ARPABET: F ER1 T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: F ER0 T AY1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English, from Middle French fertile, from Old French fertile, from Latin fertilis (“fruitful, fertile”), from ferō (“to bear, carry”).

143 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: begat — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Albanian: pjell — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Arabic: خَصِب (ḵaṣib) — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Asturian: fértil — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Azerbaijani: münbit — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Azerbaijani: məhsuldar — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Azerbaijani: bərəkətli — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Basque: emankor — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Breton: strujus — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Bulgarian: плодороден (plodoroden) — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Catalan: fèrtil — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Chinese Mandarin: 肥沃 (féiwò) — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Czech: úrodný — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Danish: frugtbar — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Dutch: vruchtbaar — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Esperanto: fekunda — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Finnish: viljava — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Finnish: hedelmällinen — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• French: fertile — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Galician: fértil — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Georgian: ნოყიერი (noq̇ieri) — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• German: fruchtbar — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• German: geil — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Ancient Greek: γόνιμος (gónimos) — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Hindi: उपजाऊ (upjāū) — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Hungarian: termékeny — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Ido: fertila — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Indonesian: subur — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Irish: torthúil — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Irish: méiniúil — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Irish: arúil — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Irish: méith — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Italian: fertile — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Japanese: 肥沃な (hiyoku na) — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Kazakh: құнарлы (qūnarly) — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Kazakh: құйқалы (qūiqaly) — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Kazakh: шұрайлы (şūraily) — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Kazakh: құтты (qūtty) — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Korean: 걸다 (geolda) — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Korean: 비옥(肥沃)하다 (biokhada) — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Central Kurdish: بەپیت (bepît) — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Latin: ferāx — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Latin: fēcundus — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Latin: fertilis — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Latvian: auglīgs — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Latvian: ražīgs — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Lithuanian: derlingas — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Malay: subur — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Māori: haumako — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Māori: mōmona — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Norwegian Bokmål: fruktbar — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fruktbar — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Old English: wæstmbǣre — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Persian: حاصلخیز — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Persian: بارور (bārvar) — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Persian: برور (barvar) — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Plautdietsch: fruchtboa — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Polish: żyzny — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Polish: urodzajny — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Polish: owocodajny — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Portuguese: fértil — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Russian: плодоро́дный (plodoródnyj) — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Slovene: ploden — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Slovene: plodovit — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Spanish: fértil — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Spanish: feraz — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Swedish: bördig — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Thai: อุดมสมบูรณ์ — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Thai: อุดม (ù-dom) — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Thai: สมบูรณ์ (sǒm-buun) — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Turkish: verimli — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Turkish: bitek — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Turkish: mahsuldar — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Turkish: feyyaz — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Turkish: gür — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Ukrainian: родю́чий (rodjúčyj) — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Urdu: زرخیز (zarxaiz) — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Vietnamese: màu mỡ — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Yiddish: פֿרוכטבאַר (frukhtbar) — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Zazaki: mexel — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Zazaki: xesad — of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops
• Albanian: pjellore — of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific
• Basque: emankor — of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific
• Bulgarian: богат (bogat) — of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific
• Catalan: fèrtil — of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific
• Danish: frugtbar — of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific
• Finnish: tuottelias — of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific
• Finnish: vilkas — of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific
• French: fertile — of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific
• Galician: fértil — of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific
• Ido: fertila — of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific
• Italian: fertile — of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific
• Malay: subur — of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific
• Polish: bujny — of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific
• Portuguese: fértil — of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific
• Slovene: ploden — of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific
• Spanish: fértil — of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific
• Turkish: üretken — of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific
• Albanian: pjellore — capable of reproducing
• Arabic: خَصِب (ḵaṣib) — capable of reproducing
• Asturian: fértil — capable of reproducing
• Basque: ugalkor — capable of reproducing
• Basque: emankor — capable of reproducing
• Bulgarian: плодовит (plodovit) — capable of reproducing
• Catalan: fèrtil — capable of reproducing
• Chinese Mandarin: 能生育的 (néng shēngyù de) — capable of reproducing
• Czech: plodný — capable of reproducing
• Danish: frugtbar — capable of reproducing
• Esperanto: fekunda — capable of reproducing
• Finnish: hedelmällinen — capable of reproducing
• French: fertile — capable of reproducing
• Galician: fértil — capable of reproducing
• German: fruchtbar — capable of reproducing
• Ancient Greek: γόνιμος (gónimos) — capable of reproducing
• Ido: fertila — capable of reproducing
• Irish: torthúil — capable of reproducing
• Irish: méith — capable of reproducing
• Latin: ferax — capable of reproducing
• Latin: fēcundus — capable of reproducing
• Latin: fertilis — capable of reproducing
• Latvian: auglīgs — capable of reproducing
• Latvian: vaislīgs — capable of reproducing
• Lithuanian: vaisingas — capable of reproducing
• Malay: subur — capable of reproducing
• Māori: matahua — capable of reproducing
• Māori: pukuhua — capable of reproducing
• Norwegian Bokmål: fruktbar — capable of reproducing
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fruktbar — capable of reproducing
• Old English: wæstmbǣre — capable of reproducing
• Polish: płodny — capable of reproducing
• Portuguese: fértil — capable of reproducing
• Romanian: fertil — capable of reproducing
• Slovene: ploden — capable of reproducing
• Spanish: fértil — capable of reproducing
• Swedish: fertil — capable of reproducing
• Turkish: doğurgan — capable of reproducing
• Turkish: üretken — capable of reproducing
• Zazaki: awregan — capable of reproducing
• Bulgarian: оплоден (oploden) — capable of developing past the egg stage
• Finnish: hedelmöitynyt — capable of developing past the egg stage
• Ido: fertila — capable of developing past the egg stage
• Slovene: oplojen — capable of developing past the egg stage
• Zazaki: pungal — capable of developing past the egg stage