fertility
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English
Etymology
From Middle French fertilité, from Latin fertilitas, equivalent to fertile + -ity.
Pronunciation
Noun
fertility (countable and uncountable, plural fertilities)
- (uncountable) The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.
- Muckspreading increases the fertility of the soil.
- (countable) 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.
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Translations
the condition, or the degree of being fertile
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the birthrate of a population
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average number of births per woman — see fertility rate
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