Meaning

  1. Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive.
  2. Of one's imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific.
  3. Capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful.
  4. Capable of developing past the egg stage.
  5. Not itself fissile, but able to be converted into a fissile material by irradiation in a reactor.

Frequency

C2
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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