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This kind of overall way of thinking is not only a fertile source of new theoretical ideas: it is needed for the human mind to function in a generally harmonious way, which could in turn help to make possible an orderly and stable society.
David Bohm

Meaning of "fertile" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FERTILE

From Latin fertilis, from ferre to bear.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FERTILE

fertile  [ˈfɜːtaɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FERTILE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fertile is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FERTILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fertility

Fertility is the natural capability to produce offspring. As a measure, "fertility rate" is the number of offspring born per mating pair, individual or population. Fertility differs from fecundity, which is defined as the potential for reproduction. A lack of fertility is infertility while a lack of fecundity would be called sterility. Human fertility depends on factors of nutrition, sexual behavior, culture, instinct, endocrinology, timing, economics, way of life, and emotions.

Definition of fertile in the English dictionary

The first definition of fertile in the dictionary is capable of producing offspring. Other definition of fertile is having nutrients capable of sustaining an abundant growth of plants. Fertile is also capable of breeding stock.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FERTILE


cortile
ˈkɔːtaɪl
cross-fertile
ˌkrɒsˈfɜːtaɪl
exsertile
ɛkˈsɜːtaɪl
freestyle
ˈfriːˌstaɪl
futile
ˈfjuːtaɪl
infertile
ɪnˈfɜːtaɪl
interfertile
ˌɪntəˈfɜːtaɪl
interquartile
ˌɪntəˈkwɔːtaɪl
inutile
ɪnˈjuːtaɪl
lifestyle
ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl
quartile
ˈkwɔːtaɪl
rutile
ˈruːtaɪl
self-fertile
ˌselfˈfɜːtaɪl
style
staɪl
subfertile
sʌbˈfɜːtaɪl
sutile
ˈsjuːtaɪl
textile
ˈtɛkstaɪl
tile
taɪl
tortile
ˈtɔːtaɪl
utile
ˈjuːtaɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FERTILE

ferryman
ferrymen
fertigate
fertigating
fertigation
Fertile Crescent
fertile period
fertilely
fertileness
fertilisable
fertility
fertility clinic
fertility cult
fertility drug
fertility symbol
fertility treatment
fertilizable
fertilization
fertilize
fertilizer

WORDS THAT END LIKE FERTILE

Castile
centile
contractile
ductile
erectile
gentile
hostile
infantile
mercantile
motile
percentile
portatile
projectile
quintile
reptile
stile
subtile
tactile
versatile
volatile

Synonyms and antonyms of fertile in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FERTILE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fertile» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of fertile

Translation of «fertile» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FERTILE

Find out the translation of fertile to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fertile from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fertile» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

肥沃的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fértil
570 millions of speakers

English

fertile
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उपजाऊ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خَصِب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

плодородный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fértil
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উর্বর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fertile
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Subur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fruchtbar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

繁殖力のある
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비옥한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Subur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

màu mỡ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வளமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुपीक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bereketli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fertile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

urodzajny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

родючий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fertil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γόνιμος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vrugbare
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fertil
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fruktbar
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fertile

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FERTILE»

The term «fertile» is very widely used and occupies the 20.924 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FERTILE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fertile» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fertile» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fertile

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10 QUOTES WITH «FERTILE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fertile.
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George Matthew Adams
It is a great thing to have a big brain, a fertile imagination, grand ideals, but the man with these, bereft of a good backbone, is sure to serve no useful end.
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Charles Babbage
The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions.
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David Bohm
This kind of overall way of thinking is not only a fertile source of new theoretical ideas: it is needed for the human mind to function in a generally harmonious way, which could in turn help to make possible an orderly and stable society.
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Jerome Bruner
The shrewd guess, the fertile hypothesis, the courageous leap to a tentative conclusion - these are the most valuable coins of the thinker at work. But in most schools guessing is heavily penalized and is associated somehow with laziness.
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Marcus Buckingham
Innovation and best practices can be sown throughout an organization - but only when they fall on fertile ground.
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George Mercer Dawson
The country has been of better character since leaving the Buttes than E. of them, but has now a very fertile appearance. This may be said to begin about the 3rd crossing of Milk R of the line.
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Katherine Dunn
I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.
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Alvar N. C. de Vaca
All over the land are vast and handsome pastures, with good grass for cattle, and it strikes me the soil would be very fertile were the country inhabited and improved by reasonable people.
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Sigmar Gabriel
The production of natural resources in agriculture, forestry and fisheries, stable natural hydrological cycles, fertile soils, a balanced climate and numerous other vital ecosystem services can only be permanently secured through the protection and sustainable use of biological diversity.
10
Ellsworth Huntington
Fertile soil, level plains, easy passage across the mountains, coal, iron, and other metals imbedded in the rocks, and a stimulating climate, all shower their blessings upon man.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FERTILE»

Discover the use of fertile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fertile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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On Fertile Ground: A Natural History of Human Reproduction
" Ranging from the latest achievements of modern fertility clinics to the lives of subsistence farmers in the rain forests of Africa, this book offers both a remarkably broad and a minutely detailed exploration of human reproduction.
Peter Thorpe ELLISON, Peter Thorpe Ellison, 2009
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Fully Fertile: A Holistic 12-Week Plan for Optimal Fertility
The authors present a comprehensive home-based fertility program, that utilizes yoga, acupuncture, Oriental medicine, nutrition, and other mind/body techniques, in a book that includes 120 color photos and illustrations, inspiring real-life ...
Tami Quinn, Beth Heller, Jeanie Lee Bussell, 2010
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Stay Fertile Longer: Everything You Need to Know to Get ...
A practical handbook on women's fertility shares secrets of how to extend fertility into a woman's thirties and forties, teaching women simple lifestyle changes that make fertility possible into middle age. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
Mary Kittel, Deborah Metzger, 2004
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Fertile Thinking: Your practical and emotional aid through ...
A guide for women experiencing difficulties conceiving.
Cat Dean, Anya Sizer, 2012
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Pregnant Bodies, Fertile Minds: Gender, Race, and the ...
Gender, Race, and the Schooling of Pregnant Teens Wendy Luttrell. school classes. These programs purport to be separate from (but equal to) the regular school program. Zellman argued that inclusive programs, like the PPPT, are most  ...
Wendy Luttrell, 2014
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The Way of the Fertile Soul: Ten Ancient Chinese Secrets to ...
In The Way of the Fertile Soul, Dr. Randine Lewis outlines ten ancient Chinese medical and Taoist "secrets" that hold the little-known key to successfully conceiving babies, new dreams, and a fulfilling life for women at any phase in their ...
Randine Lewis, 2007
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Fertile Ground, Narrow Choices: Women on Texas Cotton Farms, ...
In addition to working untold hours in the fields, women shouldered A moving account of women s lives on Texas cotton farms during the first half of the 20th-century, this book reveals their substantial contributions to the southern ...
Rebecca Sharpless, 1999
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In a Fertile Desert: Modern Writing from the United Arab ...
A new collection of short fiction from the Arabian Gulf
Denys Johnson-Davies, 2009
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c: The Politics of Mexican-Origin Women's Reproduction
In this exploration, Elena R. Gutiérrez considers these public stereotypes of Mexican American and Mexican immigrant women as "hyper-fertile baby machines" who "breed like rabbits.
Elena R. Gutiérrez, 2009
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Finding fertile ground: identifying extraordinary ...
" --Marcy Freed, President, VitalStim, Inc. "This book deals very bravely with the opportunity of technology entrepreneurship. This is a great, courageous effort.
Scott Andrew Shane, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FERTILE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fertile is used in the context of the following news items.
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Interview: Industrial development becomes fertile ground for China …
MEXICO CITY, July 9 (Xinhua) -- China and Mexico have great potential to work together on industrial development for a win-win result, ... «Shanghai Daily, Jul 15»
2
A fertile front: West Vancouver Museum to hold annual tour of …
A fertile front: West Vancouver Museum to hold annual tour of modernist architecture. Architecture / 10 Jul 2015 /. By Hadani Ditmars. The annual West Coast ... «wallpaper.com, Jul 15»
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Barrett Brown Gives D Magazine the Middle Finger, Leaves …
Barrett Brown Gives D Magazine the Middle Finger, Leaves FrontBurner for More Fertile Greenwald Grounds. by Tim Rogers Posted in Local ... «D Magazine, Jul 15»
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Lauderdale: Confederate flag puts the Emanuel 9 on fertile soil …
The Rev. Matthew Palmer of Grace Community Church, left, with the Rev. Louis Johnson of Central Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church at the ... «Hilton Head Island Packet, Jul 15»
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115th Polk County Fair if Fertile kicked off Wednesday
The 115th Polk County Fair in Fertile kicked off Wednesday and continues through Sunday. A full schedule of events can be found at ... «Crookston Daily Times, Jul 15»
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VPO Press Release - PwC Report: Canada Continues to be Fertile
PwC Report: Canada Continues to be Fertile Ground for Canadian Tech Startups. While start-ups are maturing and on a path to growth many ... «Virtual Press Office, Jul 15»
7
What does George Osborne have against the fertile?
Budget leaks were once the cause of scandals, inquiries and resignations. But the contents of George Osborne's red box were spilled across ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
8
Mount St. Helens comes alive with fertile ground
HELENS, Wash. – At Mount St. Helens, ground zero has become fertile ground. And, as a one-of-a-kind living laboratory, hallowed ground. «Great Falls Tribune, Jul 15»
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Egypt's urban expansion snuffs out fertile Nile farmland, threatens …
SHUBRA KHIT, Egypt — Lush green farms once stretched all around the Nile River, the fertile dark soil a vital source of life since the Pharaonic ... «Greenfield Daily Reporter, Jul 15»
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California Cryobank & Fertile Action to Produce First Ever Male …
The course will be produced by Fertile Action, a charitable organization dedicated to helping young people touched by cancer become parents. «PR Newswire, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Fertile [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/fertile>. May 2024 ».
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