fertility

Meaning

  1. (uncountable) The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.
  2. (countable) The birthrate of a population; the number of live births per 1000 people per year.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The average number of births per woman within a population.

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɝˈtɪləti/
Etymology

From Middle French fertilité, from Latin fertilitas, equivalent to fertile + -ity.

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