sterile

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstɛɹaɪl/
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• General-American: /ˈstɛɹəl/
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From Middle French stérile, from Latin sterilis (“barren, futile”). See also Ancient Greek στεῖρα (steîra).

109 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Aklanon: baog — unable to reproduce
• Arabic: عَقِيم (ʕaqīm) — unable to reproduce
• Arabic: عَقِيمَة (ʕaqīma) — unable to reproduce
• Arabic: عقيم (ʕɐqiːm) — unable to reproduce
• Arabic: عقيمة (ʕɐqiːmɐ) — unable to reproduce
• Armenian: ամուլ (amul) — unable to reproduce
• Armenian: չբեր (čʻber) — unable to reproduce
• Armenian: ստերջ (sterǰ) — unable to reproduce
• Central Bikol: bawas — unable to reproduce
• Bulgarian: безплоден (bezploden) — unable to reproduce
• Catalan: estèril — unable to reproduce
• Chinese Mandarin: 不孕的 (bùyùn-de) — unable to reproduce
• Chinese Mandarin: 貧瘠的 /贫瘠的 (pínjí-de) — unable to reproduce
• Chinese Mandarin: 无菌的 (wújūn-de) — unable to reproduce
• Chinese Mandarin: 不生育的 (bù shēngyù-de) — unable to reproduce
• Czech: neplodný — unable to reproduce
• Dutch: onvruchtbaar — unable to reproduce
• Dutch: steriel — unable to reproduce
• Esperanto: malfekunda — unable to reproduce
• Esperanto: sterila — unable to reproduce
• Finnish: steriili — unable to reproduce
• French: stérile — unable to reproduce
• Galician: maniña — unable to reproduce
• Galician: maniño — unable to reproduce
• German: unfruchtbar — unable to reproduce
• Greek: στείρος (steíros) — unable to reproduce
• Ancient Greek: στεῖρος (steîros) — unable to reproduce
• Hebrew: עקר — unable to reproduce
• Hebrew: עָקָר (ikar) — unable to reproduce
• Hungarian: steril — unable to reproduce
• Hungarian: meddő — unable to reproduce
• Hungarian: terméketlen — unable to reproduce
• Indonesian: steril — unable to reproduce
• Interlingua: sterile — unable to reproduce
• Irish: aimrid — unable to reproduce
• Irish: seasc — unable to reproduce
• Italian: sterile — unable to reproduce
• Italian: infertile — unable to reproduce
• Japanese: 不毛な (fumō na) — unable to reproduce
• Japanese: 不妊の (funin no) — unable to reproduce
• Central Kurdish: ئەستێور (estêwr) — unable to reproduce
• Latin: sterilis — unable to reproduce
• Māori: horomata — unable to reproduce
• Middle English: bareyne — unable to reproduce
• Norwegian Bokmål: steril — unable to reproduce
• Norwegian Nynorsk: steril — unable to reproduce
• Old English: unberende — unable to reproduce
• Persian: سترون (setarvan) — unable to reproduce
• Polish: bezpłodny — unable to reproduce
• Portuguese: estéril — unable to reproduce
• Russian: беспло́дный (besplódnyj) — unable to reproduce
• Sambali: baog — unable to reproduce
• Spanish: estéril — unable to reproduce
• Swedish: steril — unable to reproduce
• Swedish: ofruktbar — unable to reproduce
• Tagalog: baog — unable to reproduce
• Thai: เป็นหมัน — unable to reproduce
• Ottoman Turkish: قیصیر (kısır) — unable to reproduce
• Ukrainian: безплі́дний (bezplídnyj) — unable to reproduce
• Ukrainian: яки́й не мо́же ма́ти діте́й (jakýj ne móže máty ditéj) — unable to reproduce
• Ukrainian: стери́льний (sterýlʹnyj) — unable to reproduce
• Vietnamese: vô sinh — unable to reproduce
• Waray-Waray: baog — unable to reproduce
• Welsh: anffrwythlon — unable to reproduce
• Bulgarian: безрезултатен (bezrezultaten) — fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive
• Hungarian: meddő — fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive
• Hungarian: terméketlen — fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive
• Hungarian: haszontalan — fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive
• Hungarian: céltalan — fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive
• Irish: seasc — fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive
• Japanese: 不毛な (fumō na) — fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive
• Japanese: 荒瘠な (kōseki na) — fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive
• Polish: bezpłodny — fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive
• Armenian: ստերիլ (steril) — germless
• Armenian: մանրէազերծ (manrēazerc) — germless
• Bulgarian: стерилен (sterilen) — germless
• Catalan: estèril — germless
• Chinese Mandarin: 無菌的 /无菌的 — germless
• Czech: sterilní — germless
• Danish: steril — germless
• Esperanto: sterila — germless
• French: stérile — germless
• Galician: estéril — germless
• German: steril — germless
• Greek: αποστειρωμένος (aposteiroménos) — germless
• Greek: στείρος (steíros) — germless
• Greenlandic: bakteriaqanngitsoq — germless
• Hungarian: steril — germless
• Hungarian: tiszta — germless
• Hungarian: csíramentes — germless
• Indonesian: steril — germless
• Interlingua: sterile — germless
• Irish: steiriúil — germless
• Italian: sterile — germless
• Japanese: 無菌の (mukin no) — germless
• Central Kurdish: ئەستێور (estêwr) — germless
• Norwegian Bokmål: steril — germless
• Norwegian Nynorsk: steril — germless
• Persian: استریل (esteril) — germless
• Persian: سترون (setarvan) — germless
• Polish: sterylny — germless
• Portuguese: estéril — germless
• Russian: стери́льный (sterílʹnyj) — germless
• Spanish: estéril — germless
• Swedish: steril — germless
• Tagalog: esteril — germless
• Ukrainian: стери́льний (sterýlʹnyj) — germless
• Vietnamese: vô trùng — germless
• Welsh: diheintiedig — germless