fertile

  • 21FERTILE — adj. des deux genres Qui produit beaucoup. Il se dit principalement d’un sol cultivé. Champ fertile. Terre fertile. Pays fertile. Fertile en blé, en vin, etc. Par extension, Année fertile. Fig., Cet homme est fertile en expédients, en inventions …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 22Fertile — Fertilité Pour la fertilité des isotopes en physique nucléaire, voir Isotope fertile Pour le sens commun, la fertilité désigne à la fin du XXe siècle la capacité des personnes, des animaux ou des plantes à produire une descendance viable et… …

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  • 23fertile — adjective 1) the soil is fertile Syn: fecund, fruitful, productive, high yielding, rich, lush 2) fertile couples Syn: able to conceive, able to have children; technical fecund Ant …

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  • 24fertile — 01. The land at the mouth of a river is usually very [fertile] because of all the minerals deposited there by the water. 02. The [fertile] countryside of this country is famous for its grapes, which are made into the finest wine. 03. Children… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 25fertile — fer|tile [ˈfə:taıl US ˈfə:rtl] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: Latin ferre to carry, bear ] 1.) fertile land or soil is able to produce good crops ▪ 800 acres of fertile cropland 2.) able to produce babies, young animals, or new plants ≠… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26fertile — adjective 1 fertile land or soil produces good crops: the fertile plains of western Canada 2 able to produce babies, young animals, or new plants: Most men remain fertile into old age. opposite infertile 3 fertile imagination/mind/brain often… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27fertile — fertilely, adv. fertileness, n. /ferr tl/ or, esp. Brit., / tuyl/, adj. 1. bearing, producing, or capable of producing vegetation, crops, etc., abundantly; prolific: fertile soil. 2. bearing or capable of bearing offspring. 3. abundantly… …

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  • 28fertile — fer|tile [ fɜrtl ] adjective * 1. ) fertile land is able to produce good crops or plants a ) a fertile person, animal, or plant is able to produce babies, young animals, or new plants ─ opposite INFERTILE 2. ) a fertile mind or situation is able… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 29fertile */ — UK [ˈfɜː(r)taɪl] / US [ˈfɜrt(ə)l] adjective 1) fertile land is able to produce good crops or plants 2) a fertile person, animal, or plant is able to produce babies, young animals, or new plants 3) a fertile mind or situation is able to produce… …

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  • 30fertile — fèr·ti·le agg. AU 1a. che è adatto alla coltivazione; produttivo, fecondo: terre fertili; regione, zona fertile Sinonimi: fecondo, ferace, fruttifero, fruttuoso, opulento, pingue, produttivo, ricco, ubertoso. Contrari: improduttivo, inaridito,… …

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