fertile
pronunciation
How to pronounce fertile in British English:
UK [ˈfɜːtaɪl]
How to pronounce fertile in American English:
US [ˈfɜːrtl]
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- Adjective:
- capable of reproducing
- intellectually productive
- bearing in abundance especially offspring
- marked by great fruitfulness
Word Origin
- fertile
- fertile: [15] Etymologically, something that is fertile can ‘bear’ offspring. The word comes via French from Latin fertilis. This was a derivative of *fertus, the original past participle of ferre ‘bear’ (a distant relative of English bear).=> bear
- fertile (adj.)
- mid-15c., "bearing or producing abundantly," from Middle French fertil (15c.) and directly from Latin fertilis "bearing in abundance, fruitful, productive," from ferre "to bear" (see infer). Fertile Crescent (1914) was coined by U.S. archaeologist James H. Breasted (1865-1935) of University of Chicago in "Outlines of European History," Part I.
Example
- 1. When agriculture powered economic development cities grew near fertile soils .
- 2. Large parts of south sudan are invitingly fertile .
- 3. Corporate disposals are a fertile hunting ground .
- 4. This is usually when the woman is most fertile , and when the ovum is released .
- 5. Yet that small amount of fertile land generates impressive crops .