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The condition of being infertile; of having poor fertility.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Soil infertility is a major problem for farmers.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The inability to conceive children.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Infertility is a considerable obstacle for women wishing to make a family.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sterility
Antonyms: fertility
Broader terms: physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition
Narrower terms: impotence, impotency, barrenness, cacogenesis, dysgenesis
From Middle French infertilité, from Late Latin infertilitas.
Across languages
Translations 64 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
неплодородност
(neplodorodnost)
— condition of being infertile - soil, etc
Catalan :
infertilitat
— condition of being infertile - soil, etc
Chinese Mandarin :
貧瘠 /贫瘠
(pínjí)
— condition of being infertile - soil, etc
Chinese Mandarin :
不毛
(bùmáo)
— condition of being infertile - soil, etc
Chinese Mandarin :
不肥沃
(bù féiwò)
— condition of being infertile - soil, etc
Finnish :
hedelmättömyys
— condition of being infertile - soil, etc
Irish :
neamhthorthúlacht
— condition of being infertile - soil, etc
Japanese :
不毛
(fumō)
— condition of being infertile - soil, etc
Macedonian :
бе́сплодност
(bésplodnost)
— condition of being infertile - soil, etc
Macedonian :
неплодност
(neplodnost)
— condition of being infertile - soil, etc
Māori :
toheteatanga
— condition of being infertile - soil, etc
Māori :
tītōheatanga
— condition of being infertile - soil, etc
Māori :
mātao
— condition of being infertile - soil, etc
Middle English :
bareynnesse
— condition of being infertile - soil, etc
Middle English :
bareynte
— condition of being infertile - soil, etc
Old English :
unwæstmbǣrnes
— condition of being infertile - soil, etc
Polish :
nieurodzajność
— condition of being infertile - soil, etc
Portuguese :
infertilidade
— condition of being infertile - soil, etc
Romanian :
infertilitate
— condition of being infertile - soil, etc
Russian :
неплодоро́дность
(neplodoródnostʹ)
— condition of being infertile - soil, etc
Russian :
неплодоро́дие
(neplodoródije)
— condition of being infertile - soil, etc
Scottish Gaelic :
neo-shìolmhorachd
— condition of being infertile - soil, etc
Scottish Gaelic :
mì-thorrachas
— condition of being infertile - soil, etc
Ottoman Turkish :
قیصیرلق
(kısırlık)
— condition of being infertile - soil, etc
Turkmen :
hasylsyzlyk
— condition of being infertile - soil, etc
Bulgarian :
безплодие
(bezplodie)
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Catalan :
infertilitat
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Chinese Mandarin :
不孕
(bùyùn)
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Chinese Mandarin :
不孕症
(bùyùnzhèng)
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Chinese Mandarin :
無生育能力 /无生育能力
(wú shēngyù nénglì)
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Czech :
neplodnost
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Finnish :
hedelmättömyys
— inability to conceive - people and animals
German :
Unfruchtbarkeit
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Greek :
στειρότητα
(steirótita)
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Irish :
neamhthorthúlacht
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Japanese :
不妊
(funin)
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Kazakh :
бедеулік
(bedeulık)
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Macedonian :
не́плодност
(néplodnost)
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Macedonian :
бесплодност
(besplodnost)
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Manx :
neuvessoilid
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Manx :
neuhroaraght
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Māori :
pukupātanga
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Māori :
wharepātanga
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Māori :
pākokotanga
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Māori :
matapātanga
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Middle English :
bareynnesse
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Middle English :
bareynte
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Norwegian Bokmål :
ufruktbarhet
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Old English :
unwæstmbǣrnes
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Polish :
bezpłodność
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Portuguese :
infertilidade
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Romanian :
infertilitate
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Russian :
беспло́дие
(besplódije)
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Scottish Gaelic :
mì-thorrachas
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Spanish :
esterilidad
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Swahili :
ugumba
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Swedish :
infertilitet
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Tamil :
மலட்டுத்தன்மை
(malaṭṭuttaṉmai)
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Turkish :
kısırlık
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Ottoman Turkish :
قیصیرلق
(kısırlık)
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Turkmen :
tohumsyzlyk
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Vietnamese :
vô sinh
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Welsh :
anffrwythlondeb
— inability to conceive - people and animals
Yoruba :
àìrọ́mọbí
— inability to conceive - people and animals
