fertilitet

Danish

Etymology

From French fertilité (“fertility”), from fertile (“fertile”) + -ité (“-ity, -ness”), from Latin fertilis (“fruitful, fertile”), from ferō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɛrtiliteːt/, [fæɐ̯tˢiliˈtˢeːˀd̥]

Noun

fertilitet c (singular definite fertiliteten, not used in plural form)

fertility (both senses)

Usage notes

In compounds: fertilitets-.

Synonyms

(the condition, or the degree of being fertile): frugtbarhed
(the birthrate of a population): fertilitetskvotient, fødselshyppighed

Antonyms

infertilitet

Derived terms

References

“fertilitet” in Den Danske Ordbog

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