- fertile
- adj.VERBS▪ be, look▪ become▪ prove▪
women who proved particularly fertile
▪ remain, stayADVERB▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.▪ highly, particularly▪a highly fertile soil
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fertile — [ fɛrtil ] adj. • XIVe; lat. fertilis 1 ♦ Qui produit beaucoup de végétation utile (sol, terre). ⇒ fécond, productif, riche. Terre fertile (cf. De la bonne terre). Champ fertile. Terre fertile en blés, en vignes. Rendre un sol fertile. ⇒… … Encyclopédie Universelle
fertile — fertile, fecund, fruitful, prolific mean having or manifesting the power to produce fruit or offspring. The same distinctions in implications and connotations are observable in their corresponding nouns fertility, fecundity, fruitfulness,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Fertile — Fer tile (? or ?; 277), a. [L. fertilis, fr. ferre to bear, produce: cf. F. fertile. See {Bear} to support.] 1. Producing fruit or vegetation in abundance; fruitful; able to produce abundantly; prolific; fecund; productive; rich; inventive; as,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fertile — FERTILE. adj. de t. g. Fecond, Qui produit, qui rapporte beaucoup. Champ fertile. terre fertile. pays fertile. fertile en bled, en vin, &c. On dit fig. Un esprit fertile, pour dire, Un esprit qui produit facilement quantité de belles choses. Et,… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
fertile — Fertile, Fertilis, Foecundus, Huber. Champ fertile et abondant, Rus saturum. Fort fertile, Praefoecundus, Ferax. Lieu fertile, Locus fructuosissimus. Jardins fertiles, Foelices horti. Terre fertile, Solum laetum, B. Rendre fertile, Huberare,… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
Fertile — Fertile, IA U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 360 Housing Units (2000): 161 Land area (2000): 0.940131 sq. miles (2.434927 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.940131 sq. miles (2.434927 sq. km)… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Fertile — ist der Name mehrerer Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Fertile (Iowa) Fertile (Minnesota) Fertile (Missouri) Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Begriffe … Deutsch Wikipedia
fertile — [fʉrt′ l; fʉr′tīl΄] adj. [ME < OFr < L fertilis < stem of ferre, BEAR1] 1. producing abundantly; rich in resources or invention; fruitful; prolific 2. causing or helping fertility [the sun s fertile warmth] 3. able to produce young,… … English World dictionary
Fertile, IA — U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 360 Housing Units (2000): 161 Land area (2000): 0.940131 sq. miles (2.434927 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.940131 sq. miles (2.434927 sq. km) FIPS code:… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Fertile, MN — U.S. city in Minnesota Population (2000): 893 Housing Units (2000): 433 Land area (2000): 1.892536 sq. miles (4.901645 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.892536 sq. miles (4.901645 sq. km) FIPS… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
fertile — I adjective arable, bearing offspring freely, creative, fecund, fecundus, feracious, ferax, fertilis, flowering, fructiferous, fructuous, fruitful, imaginative, ingenious, inventive, lush, luxuriant, original, originative, parturient,… … Law dictionary
