steril

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Danish

Adjective

steril

  1. sterile

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌʃteˈʁiːl/, /ˌsteˈʁiːl/
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Adjective

steril (strong nominative masculine singular steriler, comparative steriler, superlative am sterilsten)

  1. sterile (germless)
    Antonyms: unsteril, fertil

Declension

Further reading

  • steril” in Duden online
  • steril” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Dutch steriel, from French stérile, from Middle French stérile, from Latin sterilis (barren, futile).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: stè‧ril

Adjective

steril

  1. sterile:
    1. (biology, medicine) unable to reproduce.
      Synonym: mandul
      Antonym: subur
    2. (medicine) germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms.
    3. free from danger.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin sterilis.

Adjective

steril (masculine and feminine steril, neuter sterilt, definite singular and plural sterile)

  1. sterile

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin sterilis.

Adjective

steril (neuter sterilt, definite singular and plural sterile)

  1. sterile

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French stérile.

Adjective

steril m or n (feminine singular sterilă, masculine plural sterili, feminine and neuter plural sterile)

  1. sterile

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sterilis.

Adjective

steril (comparative sterilare, superlative sterilast)

  1. sterile

Declension

Inflection of steril
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular steril sterilare sterilast
Neuter singular sterilt sterilare sterilast
Plural sterila sterilare sterilast
Masculine plural3 sterile sterilare sterilast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 sterile sterilare sterilaste
All sterila sterilare sterilaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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Turkish

Etymology

From French stérile.

Adjective

steril

  1. sterile