steril

Danish

Adjective

steril

  1. sterile

Synonyms

  • ufrugtbar

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌʃteˈʁiːl/, /ˌsteˈʁiːl/
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Adjective

steril (strong nominative masculine singular steriler, comparative steriler, superlative am sterilsten)

  1. sterile (germless)
    Antonyms: unsteril, fertil

Declension

Further reading

  • steril” in Duden online
  • steril” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch steriel, from French stérile, from Middle French stérile, from Latin sterilis (barren, futile).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈst̪ɛrɪl]
  • Hyphenation: stè‧ril

Adjective

steril (comparative lebih steril, superlative paling steril)

  1. sterile:
    1. (biology, medicine) unable to reproduce
      Synonym: mandul
      Antonym: subur
    2. (medicine) germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms
      Synonym: suci hama
    3. free from danger
      Synonym: aman

Derived terms

  • kesterilan
  • mensterilkan
  • pensterilan

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin sterilis.

Adjective

steril (masculine and feminine steril, neuter sterilt, definite singular and plural sterile)

  1. sterile

Antonyms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin sterilis.

Adjective

steril (neuter sterilt, definite singular and plural sterile)

  1. sterile

Antonyms

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French stérile.

Adjective

steril m or n (feminine singular sterilă, masculine plural sterili, feminine and neuter plural sterile)

  1. sterile

Declension

Declension of steril
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite steril sterilă sterili sterile
definite sterilul sterila sterilii sterilele
genitive-
dative
indefinite steril sterile sterili sterile
definite sterilului sterilei sterililor sterilelor

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sterilis.

Adjective

steril (comparative sterilare, superlative sterilast)

  1. sterile

Declension

Inflection of steril
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular steril sterilare sterilast
neuter singular sterilt sterilare sterilast
plural sterila sterilare sterilast
masculine plural2 sterile sterilare sterilast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 sterile sterilare sterilaste
all sterila sterilare sterilaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Turkish

Etymology

From French stérile.

Adjective

steril

  1. sterile