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Added 5 October 2026

fertility

/fə(ɹ)ˈtɪlɪti/ noun

In Latin: fertilitās Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about fertility at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.
Muckspreading increases the fertility of the soil.
The birthrate of a population; the number of live births per 1000 people per year.
The average number of births per woman within a population.

Origin

From Middle French fertilité, from Latin fertilitās, equivalent to fertile + -ity.

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