fértil

See also: fertil and fèrtil

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fertilis (“fruitful, fertile”), from ferō (“to bear, to carry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeɾtil/ [ˈfeɾ.t̪il]

Adjective

fértil (epicene, plural fértiles)

1. fertile

Related terms

• fertilidá

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fertilis (“fruitful, fertile”), from ferō (“to bear, to carry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛɾtil/ [ˈfɛɾ.t̪iɫ]
• Rhymes: -ɛɾtil
• Hyphenation: fér‧til

Adjective

fértil m or f (plural fértiles)
fértil m or f (plural férteis, reintegrationist norm)

1. fertile

   Synonym: parideira

   Antonym: infértil

Derived terms

• fertilizar

Related terms

• fertilidade

Further reading

• “fértil”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “fértil” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fertilis (“fruitful, fertile”), from ferō (“to bear, to carry”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛʁ.t͡ʃiw/ [ˈfɛh.t͡ʃiʊ̯]

• (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)

1. fertile (capable of growing abundant crops)

   Synonyms: fecundo, feraz

   Antonym: infértil

2. fertile (capable of reproducing)

   Antonym: infértil

Related terms

• fertilidade
• fertilizar
• fertilização

Further reading

• “fértil”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fertilis (“fruitful, fertile”), from ferō (“to bear, to carry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeɾtil/ [ˈfeɾ.t̪il]
• Rhymes: -eɾtil
• Syllabification: fér‧til

Adjective

fértil m or f (masculine and feminine plural fértiles)

1. fertile

   Synonym: productivo

   Antonym: estéril

Derived terms

• Creciente fértil
• fertilizante
• fertilizar
• infértil

Related terms

• fertilidad

See also

• ubérrimo (superlative)

Further reading

• “fértil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10