English
Etymology
From Middle French infertile, from Late Latin infertilis.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈfɜː(ɹ)taɪl/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈfɝtɪl/
Adjective
infertile (comparative more infertile, superlative most infertile)
- Not fertile.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
not fertile
- Albanian: shterp (sq)
- Arabic: عَقِيم (ʕaqīm)
- Azerbaijani: barsız, sonsuz (az), qısır
- Bulgarian: безплоден (bg) (bezploden), неплодороден (bg) (neplodoroden)
- Catalan: infèrtil
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 瘠薄 (zh) (jíbó), 不毛 (zh) (bùmáo), (unable to reproduce) 不生育的 (bù shēngyù de), 不孕 (zh) (bùyùn)
- Dutch: onvruchtbaar (nl)
- Esperanto: malfekunda, sterila
- Finnish: hedelmätön (fi), maho (fi) (animal), karu (fi) (land)
- French: stérile (fr)
- Galician: maniño, infértil (gl)
- German: unfruchtbar (de)
- Greek: άγονος (el) (ágonos)
- Ancient: στεῖρος (steîros), ἄγονος (ágonos)
- Hindi: बाँझ (hi) (bāñjh, literally “infertile woman”), नपुंसक (hi) (infertile man)
- Indonesian: mandul (id)
- Interlingua: infertile, sterile
- Irish: seasc (land), neamhthorthúil (land), aimrid (woman)
- Italian: infertile (it), sterile (it)
- Japanese: 不妊 (ja) (ふにん, funin), 不毛 (ja) (ふもう, fumō)
- Kabuverdianu: ronkodju
- Khalaj: qısır
- Korean: 메마른 (ko) (memareun)
- Latin: infertilis, sterilis
- Malay: mandul (ms), tandus (ms)
- Manx: neuvessoil
- Maori: pākoko (unable to reproduce), pukupā (unable to reproduce), pakoko (unable to reproduce), matapā (unable to reproduce), tītōhea (of soil), wharepā (unable to reproduce), tohetea (of soil), pāhoahoa (of soil), hūiki (of soil)
- Middle English: bareyne
- Norman: întchulte
- Ottoman Turkish: قیصیر (kısır), قیراچ (kıraç), چوراق (çorak) (of places)
- Plautdietsch: fooss, fruchtlooss
- Portuguese: infértil (pt)
- Romanian: infertil (ro)
- Russian: беспло́дный (ru) (besplódnyj), неплодоро́дный (ru) (neplodoródnyj)
- Sanskrit: वन्ध्य (sa) (vandhya)
- Slovene: neploden
- Spanish: estéril (es), infértil (es)
- Tatar: qısır
- Turkish: kısır (tr), steril (tr)
- Uyghur: قىسىر (qisir)
- Uzbek: qisir (uz)
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īnfertilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.fɛʁ.til/
- Hyphenation: in‧fer‧tile
Adjective
infertile (plural infertiles)
- infertile
- Antonym: fertile
See also
Further reading
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
infertile
- inflection of infertil:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈfɛr.ti.le/
- Rhymes: -ɛrtile
- Hyphenation: in‧fèr‧ti‧le
Adjective
infertile m or f (plural infertili)
- infertile
- barren
Antonyms
See also