fértil
See also: fertil and fèrtil
Asturian
Adjective
fértil (epicene, plural fértiles)
- fertile
Related terms
- fertilidá
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin fertilis (“fruitful, fertile”), from ferō (“to bear, to carry”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɛʁ.t͡ʃiw/ [ˈfɛh.t͡ʃiʊ̯]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈfɛɾ.t͡ʃiw/ [ˈfɛɾ.t͡ʃiʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈfɛʁ.t͡ʃiw/ [ˈfɛχ.t͡ʃiʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɛɻ.t͡ʃiw/ [ˈfɛɻ.t͡ʃiʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfɛɾ.til/ [ˈfɛɾ.tiɫ]
- Hyphenation: fér‧til
Adjective
fértil m or f (plural férteis)
- fertile (capable of growing abundant crops)
- Antonym: infértil
- fertile (capable of reproducing)
- Antonym: infértil
Related terms
- fertilidade
- fertilizar
- fertilização
Further reading
- “fértil” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin fertilis (“fruitful, fertile”), from ferō (“to bear, to carry”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfeɾtil/ [ˈfeɾ.t̪il]
- Rhymes: -eɾtil
- Syllabification: fér‧til
Adjective
fértil (plural fértiles)
- fertile
- Synonym: productivo
- Antonym: estéril
Derived terms
- Creciente fértil
- fertilizar
- fertilizante
- infértil
Related terms
- fertilidad
See also
- ubérrimo (superlative)
Further reading
- “fértil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014