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fertile.

Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈfɜːtaɪl/Received-Pronunciation/ˈfɜːtəl/Received-Pronunciation/ˈfɝːtəl/US/ˈfɝːtaɪl/US
  1. Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive.

  2. Of one's imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific.

    figuratively
  3. Capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful.

    Most women at the age of fifty are not fertile.
  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.

    There are two basic fertile materials: uranium-238 and thorium-232.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English, from Middle French fertile, from Old French fertile, from Latin fertilis (“fruitful, fertile”), from ferō (“to bear, carry”).

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