Meaning
- Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive.
- Of one's imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific.
- Capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful.
- Capable of developing past the egg stage.
- Not itself fissile, but able to be converted into a fissile material by irradiation in a reactor.
Synonyms
of great vitality
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfɜːtaɪl/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English, from Middle French fertile, from Old French fertile, from Latin fertilis (“fruitful, fertile”), from ferō (“I bear, carry”).
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