barren
Significado (Inglés)
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- Not bearing children, childless; hence also unable to bear children, sterile.
- Not bearing seed or fruit.
- Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation; desert, waste.
- Devoid, lacking.
- Devoid of interest or attraction, poor, bleak.
- Unproductive, fruitless, unprofitable; empty, hollow, vain.
- Mentally dull or unproductive; stupid or intellectually fallow.
Sinónimos
effete
erst
denudate
not bringing forth
arid uncultivated
left over area
abortive
barren land
Frecuencia
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˈbæɹən/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)
In summary
From Middle English bareyne, from Anglo-Norman baraigne, baraing (“sterile; barren”), of obscure origin; probably from a Germanic language, perhaps Frankish *baʀ (“bare; barren”), from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (“bare”). If so, a doublet of bare.
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