fertilitet
Danish
Etymology
From French fertilité (“fertility”), from fertile (“fertile”) + -ité (“-ity, -ness”), from Latin fertilis (“fruitful, fertile”), from ferō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛrtiliteːt/, [fæɐ̯tˢiliˈtˢeːˀd̥]
Noun
fertilitet c (singular definite fertiliteten, not used in plural form)
- fertility (both senses)
Usage notes
In compounds: fertilitets-.
Synonyms
- (the condition, or the degree of being fertile): frugtbarhed
- (the birthrate of a population): fertilitetskvotient, fødselshyppighed
Antonyms
- infertilitet
Derived terms
- fertilitetskvotient
- fertilitetsklinik
- fertilitetsrate
- infertilitet
References
- “fertilitet” in Den Danske Ordbog