fertility

From Middle French fertilité, from Latin fertilitas, equivalent to fertile +‎ -ity.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fə(ɹ)ˈtɪlɪti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /fɝˈtɪləti/
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈfɜːʳʈiliʈi/, /ˈfɜːʳʈajliʈi/

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• Rhymes: -ɪlɪti

fertility (countable and uncountable, plural fertilities)

1. (uncountable) The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.

   Muckspreading increases the fertility of the soil.

   • 2018 June 25, James Roland, “What is Hypergonadism?”, in Healthline‎^[1]:

     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.

2. (countable) The birthrate of a population; the number of live births per 1000 people per year.
3. The average number of births per woman within a population.

• fecundity, fertileness

• infertility

• fertility on Wikipedia.Wikipedia