What does fertile mean?
Definitions for fertile
ˈfɜr tl; esp. Brit. -taɪlfer·tile
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word fertile.
Princeton's WordNet
fertileadjective
capable of reproducing
fecund, fertile, prolificadjective
intellectually productive
"a prolific writer"; "a fecund imagination"
prolific, fertileadjective
bearing in abundance especially offspring
"flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree"
fat, fertile, productive, richadjective
marked by great fruitfulness
"fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"
Wiktionary
fertileadjective
capable of growing abundant crops; productive
fertileadjective
capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful
fertileadjective
capable of developing past the egg stage
fertileadjective
productive or prolific
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
FERTILEadjective
Etymology: fertile, French; fertilis, Latin.
I had hope of France,
As firmly as I hope for fertile England. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.I have had a large, a fair, and a pleasant field; so fertile, that it has given me two harvests in a Summer. Dryden.
I ask whether in the uncultivated waste of America, left to nature, without any improvement, a thousand acres yield the needy inhabitants as many conveniencies of life as ten acres of equally fertile land do in Devonshire? John Locke.
View the wide earth adorn’d with hills and woods,
Rich in her herds, and fertile by her floods. Richard Blackmore, Creat.The earth is fertile of all kind of grain. William Camden, Remains.
This happy country is extremely fertile, as of those above, so likewise of its productions under ground. John Woodward.
Wikipedia
fertile
Fertility is the capability to produce offspring through reproduction following the onset of sexual maturity. The fertility rate is the average number of children born by a female during her lifetime and is quantified demographically. Fertility is addressed when there is a difficulty or an inability to reproduce naturally, which is referred to as infertility. Infertility is widespread, with fertility specialists available all over the world to assist mothers and couples who experience difficulties having a baby. Human fertility depends on factors of nutrition, sexual behaviour, consanguinity, culture, instinct, endocrinology, timing, economics, personality, way of life, and emotions. Fertility differs from fecundity, which is defined as the potential for reproduction (influenced by gamete production, fertilization and carrying a pregnancy to term). Where a woman or the lack of fertility is infertility while a lack of fecundity would be called sterility.
ChatGPT
fertile
Fertile refers to the ability to produce abundant vegetation or crops, or the ability to conceive offspring or young. It describes the capacity for abundant growth, development, or reproduction.
Webster Dictionary
Fertileadjective
producing fruit or vegetation in abundance; fruitful; able to produce abundantly; prolific; fecund; productive; rich; inventive; as, fertile land or fields; a fertile mind or imagination
Fertileadjective
capable of producing fruit; fruit-bearing; as, fertile flowers
Fertileadjective
containing pollen; -- said of anthers
Fertileadjective
produced in abundance; plenteous; ample
Wikidata
Fertile
Fertile is a city in Polk County, Minnesota, United States. It is part of the "Grand Forks-ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area". The population was 842 at the 2010 census. The annual Polk County Fair is held in Fertile and dates back to 1900. The Polk County Fair is also the main attraction for the town of Fertile during the summer. It holds many competitions for crops, animals, and man made items.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Fertile
fėr′til, adj. able to bear or produce abundantly: rich in resources: inventive: fertilising.—adv. Fer′tilely.—n. Fertilisā′tion, the act or process of fertilising.—v.t. Fer′tilise, to make fertile or fruitful: to enrich.—ns. Fer′tiliser, one who, or that which, fertilises; Fertil′ity, fruitfulness: richness: abundance. [Fr.,—L. fertilis—ferre, to bear.]
Editors Contribution
fertile
Able to produce.
The period of time in the womans body for fertile production is similar in all women.
Submitted by MaryC on September 5, 2020
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
- [["1507","2"],["1515","2"],["1524","2"],["1568","1"],["1572","1"],["1579","2"],["1581","1"],["1584","3"],["1587","2"],["1588","1"],["1590","32"],["1598","1"],["1605","3"],["1606","3"],["1607","3"],["1618","1"],["1620","1"],["1624","7"],["1629","1"],["1632","1"],["1634","21"],["1635","2"],["1637","3"],["1638","1"],["1644","2"],["1649","4"],["1650","3"],["1651","4"],["1652","3"],["1653","3"],["1655","2"],["1656","13"],["1657","2"],["1658","10"],["1659","1"],["1661","1"],["1664","2"],["1667","4"],["1668","6"],["1669","5"],["1673","5"],["1674","3"],["1675","24"],["1676","11"],["1677","7"],["1678","14"],["1679","2"],["1680","5"],["1681","6"],["1682","3"],["1683","5"],["1684","4"],["1685","14"],["1686","4"],["1688","13"],["1689","1"],["1691","5"],["1693","2"],["1694","9"],["1695","10"],["1696","6"],["1697","7"],["1698","13"],["1699","9"],["1700","6"],["1701","41"],["1702","6"],["1703","16"],["1704","11"],["1705","25"],["1706","36"],["1707","18"],["1708","26"],["1709","17"],["1710","15"],["1711","40"],["1712","13"],["1713","6"],["1714","26"],["1715","13"],["1716","35"],["1717","37"],["1718","26"],["1719","43"],["1720","52"],["1721","17"],["1722","21"],["1723","64"],["1724","42"],["1725","42"],["1726","45"],["1727","58"],["1728","70"],["1729","86"],["1730","75"],["1731","88"],["1732","42"],["1733","48"],["1734","92"],["1735","30"],["1736","104"],["1737","89"],["1738","60"],["1739","73"],["1740","74"],["1741","104"],["1742","47"],["1743","40"],["1744","151"],["1745","105"],["1746","39"],["1747","90"],["1748","113"],["1749","68"],["1750","176"],["1751","72"],["1752","75"],["1753","162"],["1754","101"],["1755","107"],["1756","113"],["1757","142"],["1758","169"],["1759","342"],["1760","413"],["1761","145"],["1762","443"],["1763","147"],["1764","217"],["1765","257"],["1766","200"],["1767","379"],["1768","353"],["1769","377"],["1770","416"],["1771","244"],["1772","519"],["1773","182"],["1774","443"],["1775","293"],["1776","650"],["1777","694"],["1778","400"],["1779","411"],["1780","385"],["1781","483"],["1782","358"],["1783","503"],["1784","367"],["1785","439"],["1786","486"],["1787","1049"],["1788","1155"],["1789","973"],["1790","940"],["1791","942"],["1792","1286"],["1793","997"],["1794","1130"],["1795","1114"],["1796","1163"],["1797","1448"],["1798","964"],["1799","1036"],["1800","1380"],["1801","2480"],["1802","2373"],["1803","2236"],["1804","2858"],["1805","2856"],["1806","2534"],["1807","2930"],["1808","2810"],["1809","3685"],["1810","2708"],["1811","3880"],["1812","4813"],["1813","3404"],["1814","5143"],["1815","4130"],["1816","2635"],["1817","4098"],["1818","5417"],["1819","6179"],["1820","5999"],["1821","4357"],["1822","5769"],["1823","3978"],["1824","6254"],["1825","6452"],["1826","4494"],["1827","7016"],["1828","6125"],["1829","6645"],["1830","6356"],["1831","7003"],["1832","9226"],["1833","7165"],["1834","8173"],["1835","9613"],["1836","8047"],["1837","8941"],["1838","7532"],["1839","7549"],["1840","8240"],["1841","7779"],["1842","6861"],["1843","7623"],["1844","7929"],["1845","8747"],["1846","9854"],["1847","8966"],["1848","7666"],["1849","9144"],["1850","10782"],["1851","10531"],["1852","11221"],["1853","11701"],["1854","12873"],["1855","12248"],["1856","12921"],["1857","12639"],["1858","9089"],["1859","12388"],["1860","10530"],["1861","7729"],["1862","7447"],["1863","7095"],["1864","8057"],["1865","7901"],["1866","8898"],["1867","8741"],["1868","10437"],["1869","9433"],["1870","9225"],["1871","8705"],["1872","9416"],["1873","8705"],["1874","9221"],["1875","11396"],["1876","11504"],["1877","10704"],["1878","11270"],["1879","10543"],["1880","13497"],["1881","13607"],["1882","14354"],["1883","15237"],["1884","12901"],["1885","12708"],["1886","11589"],["1887","12683"],["1888","12679"],["1889","12150"],["1890","12467"],["1891","12629"],["1892","14883"],["1893","14523"],["1894","12649"],["1895","13425"],["1896","14441"],["1897","14473"],["1898","16167"],["1899","17233"],["1900","19384"],["1901","16855"],["1902","19353"],["1903","16664"],["1904","20202"],["1905","20293"],["1906","18716"],["1907","20190"],["1908","21512"],["1909","17788"],["1910","18183"],["1911","18580"],["1912","21590"],["1913","18030"],["1914","19483"],["1915","16962"],["1916","15472"],["1917","12839"],["1918","12356"],["1919","14406"],["1920","17178"],["1921","15166"],["1922","18283"],["1923","14524"],["1924","13666"],["1925","15120"],["1926","14532"],["1927","17316"],["1928","16824"],["1929","14845"],["1930","16985"],["1931","15347"],["1932","12920"],["1933","10961"],["1934","12792"],["1935","14818"],["1936","15048"],["1937","15192"],["1938","15503"],["1939","17380"],["1940","18015"],["1941","13404"],["1942","13938"],["1943","11172"],["1944","11278"],["1945","11801"],["1946","14648"],["1947","16081"],["1948","16937"],["1949","19798"],["1950","19314"],["1951","19533"],["1952","20340"],["1953","17766"],["1954","18759"],["1955","19465"],["1956","18840"],["1957","23429"],["1958","21733"],["1959","22660"],["1960","24281"],["1961","27205"],["1962","29082"],["1963","31181"],["1964","31548"],["1965","35295"],["1966","37643"],["1967","38589"],["1968","40256"],["1969","40000"],["1970","37741"],["1971","38631"],["1972","36978"],["1973","36622"],["1974","34643"],["1975","35390"],["1976","35586"],["1977","37102"],["1978","33752"],["1979","35257"],["1980","36307"],["1981","35599"],["1982","36021"],["1983","37027"],["1984","41061"],["1985","41646"],["1986","41648"],["1987","42885"],["1988","45820"],["1989","50124"],["1990","51110"],["1991","49264"],["1992","55270"],["1993","57913"],["1994","58083"],["1995","59131"],["1996","63965"],["1997","65615"],["1998","67377"],["1999","70548"],["2000","79863"],["2001","77212"],["2002","82064"],["2003","87733"],["2004","98345"],["2005","90692"],["2006","99758"],["2007","113534"],["2008","154956"]]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fertile in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fertile in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of fertile in a Sentence
Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.
Most gynandromorph individuals are infertile, but this one may actually be fertile as the left side is female, and only the left ovary in birds is functional.
I think the Paris situation can also be transplanted here, in Southeast Asia, where we also have fertile ground for recruitment of such operatives who will receive directives from Syria to carry out attacks, such attacks, they hope, will glamorize terrorism and therefore attract more people to join their cause.
State courts have proven to be surprisingly fertile territory for this, courts in both Republican states and Democratic states have been willing to strike down maps from the party in charge.
Increasingly, we’ve seen this category being very fertile and growing in quite a few regions across the world.
Popularity rank by frequency of use
References
Translations for fertile
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- خصبArabic
- плодороден, плодовит, оплоден, богатBulgarian
- strujusBreton
- fèrtilCatalan, Valencian
- úrodný, plodnýCzech
- frugtbarDanish
- fruchtbarGerman
- fértilSpanish
- ugalkor, emankorBasque
- hedelmällinen, hedelmöitynyt, viljava, tuottelias, vilkasFinnish
- fertileFrench
- méith, torthúilIrish
- fértilGalician
- suburIndonesian
- פורהHebrew
- 肥沃なJapanese
- vaisingas, derlingasLithuanian
- vaislīgs, auglīgs, ražīgsLatvian
- haumako, mōmonaMāori
- suburMalay
- fruktbarNorwegian
- vruchtbaarDutch
- fruktbarNorwegian Nynorsk
- fruktbarNorwegian
- płodny, żyznyPolish
- fértilPortuguese
- плодородныйRussian
- plodovit, ploden, oplojenSlovene
- bördig, fertilSwedish
- زرخیزUrdu
- phì nhiêuVietnamese
- 沃Chinese
Get even more translations for fertile »
Translation
Find a translation for the fertile definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"fertile." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 24 Oct. 2024. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/fertile>.
Discuss these fertile definitions with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In