fértil
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)
Related terms
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)
Derived terms
Related terms
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]
- (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)
Related terms
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)
- fertile
- Synonym: productivo
- Antonym: estéril
Derived terms
Related terms
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], 10 December 2024