fertility
/fə(ɹ)ˈtɪlɪti/US/fɝˈtɪləti/
fertility noun: the condition, or the degree, of being fertile.
Noun
fertility (countable and uncountable, plural fertilities)
- The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.
- Muckspreading increases the fertility of the soil.
- Men may also have fertility challenges, especially if their hypogonadism was caused by anabolic steroid use. Anabolic steroids can affect testicular health, including reducing the production of sperm.2018 June 25, James Roland, “What is Hypergonadism?”, in Healthline
- The birthrate of a population; the number of live births per 1000 people per year.
- The average number of births per woman within a population.
fertility meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
fertility in Hindi
- the condition, or the degree of being fertile
- उपजाऊपन upjāūpan
fertility in Tamil
- கருவளம், கருவுறுதல், பொலிவுத்திறன், கருக்கட்டுதன்மை, கருத்தரிப்புத் திறன், சூல் கொள்தன்மை
fertility in Marathi
- प्रजननक्षमता
fertility in Urdu
- زرخیزی
More languagesFewer languages
- fertility in Bengali
- উর্বরতা, ফলপ্রসূতা
- fertility in Telugu
- భూసారము bhūsāramu
- fertility in Malayalam
- ഫലഭൂയിഷ്ഠത
- fertility in Kannada
- ಫಲವತ್ತತೆ
- fertility in Punjabi
- ਉਪਜਾਊ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ, ਜਣਨ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ, ਜਣਨ ਸਮਰੱਥਾ
- fertility in Odia
- ଉର୍ବରତା
- fertility in Nepali
- उर्वरता
- fertility in Arabic
- خُصُوبَة ḵuṣūba
- fertility in Malay
- kesuburan
- fertility in Indonesian
- fertilitas, kesuburan
Examples of fertility in a sentence
- In America the fertility rate of recent immigrants tends to be higher than that of native population.
- In most industrialized countries the fertility rate has dropped well below replacement rate.
- Despite fertility treatment, one out of three women in the study remained unimpregnable.
Synonyms of fertility
Antonyms
Forms of fertility
| plural | fertilities |
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Origin of fertility
From Middle French fertilité, from Latin fertilitās, equivalent to fertile + -ity.
Words formed from fertility
Phrases with fertility
Words that rhyme with fertility
- sensibility
- utility
- facility
- ability
- disability
- compatibility
- possibility
- probability
- fragility
- futility
- impossibility
- senility
36 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- virility
- vulnerability
- agility
- capability
- comfortability
- flexibility
- hostility
- improbability
- indomitability
- instability
- juvenility
- nobility
- stability
- accommodability
- affability
- backward compatibility
- backwards compatibility
- bouncebackability
- chewability
- creatability
- debility
- diffability
- ductility
- forward compatibility
- forwards compatibility
- fuckability
- humility
- impressionability
- ineffability
- irascibility
- manageability
- mutility
- tabability
- unassailability
- upward compatibility
- versatility
Questions about fertility
- What does fertility mean?
- Fertility means the condition, or the degree, of being fertile.
- What is fertility in Hindi?
- Fertility in Hindi is उपजाऊपन (upjāūpan). See Fertility meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fertility?
- Fertility is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fertility?
- Fertility is pronounced /fə(ɹ)ˈtɪlɪti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of fertility?
- The plural of fertility is fertilities.
Words near fertility in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fertility (page history and authors); fertility (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fertility (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fertility (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Fertility (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); భూసారము (Telugu) (page history and authors); fertility (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fertility (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fertility (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fertility (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fertility (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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