Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate
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physical conditionphysiological statephysiological condition
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Origin
- Late Latininfertilitas
- Middle Frenchinfertilité
- Englishinfertility
From Middle French infertilité, from Late Latin infertilitas.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian неплодородност, безплодие
- неплодородност (neplodorodnost)condition of being infertile - soil, etc
- безплодие (bezplodie)inability to conceive - people and animals
Catalan infertilitat, infertilitat
- infertilitatcondition of being infertile - soil, etc
- infertilitatinability to conceive - people and animals
Chinese Mandarin 貧瘠 /贫瘠, 不毛
- 貧瘠 /贫瘠 (pínjí)condition of being infertile - soil, etc
- 不毛 (bùmáo)condition of being infertile - soil, etc
- 不肥沃 (bù féiwò)condition of being infertile - soil, etc
- 不孕 (bùyùn)inability to conceive - people and animals
- 不孕症 (bùyùnzhèng)inability to conceive - people and animals
- 無生育能力 /无生育能力 (wú shēngyù nénglì)inability to conceive - people and animals
Czech neplodnost
- neplodnostinability to conceive - people and animals
Finnish hedelmättömyys, hedelmättömyys
- hedelmättömyyscondition of being infertile - soil, etc
- hedelmättömyysinability to conceive - people and animals
German Unfruchtbarkeit
- Unfruchtbarkeitinability to conceive - people and animals
Greek στειρότητα
- στειρότητα (steirótita)inability to conceive - people and animals
Irish neamhthorthúlacht, neamhthorthúlacht
- neamhthorthúlachtcondition of being infertile - soil, etc
- neamhthorthúlachtinability to conceive - people and animals
Japanese 不毛, 不妊
- 不毛 (fumō)condition of being infertile - soil, etc
- 不妊 (funin)inability to conceive - people and animals
Māori toheteatanga, tītōheatanga
- toheteatangacondition of being infertile - soil, etc
- tītōheatangacondition of being infertile - soil, etc
- mātaocondition of being infertile - soil, etc
- pukupātangainability to conceive - people and animals
- wharepātangainability to conceive - people and animals
- pākokotangainability to conceive - people and animals
- matapātangainability to conceive - people and animals
Norwegian Bokmål ufruktbarhet
- ufruktbarhetinability to conceive - people and animals
Polish nieurodzajność, bezpłodność
- nieurodzajnośćcondition of being infertile - soil, etc
- bezpłodnośćinability to conceive - people and animals
Portuguese infertilidade, infertilidade
- infertilidadecondition of being infertile - soil, etc
- infertilidadeinability to conceive - people and animals
Romanian infertilitate, infertilitate
- infertilitatecondition of being infertile - soil, etc
- infertilitateinability to conceive - people and animals
Russian неплодоро́дность, неплодоро́дие
- неплодоро́дность (neplodoródnostʹ)condition of being infertile - soil, etc
- неплодоро́дие (neplodoródije)condition of being infertile - soil, etc
- беспло́дие (besplódije)inability to conceive - people and animals
Scottish Gaelic neo-shìolmhorachd, mì-thorrachas
- neo-shìolmhorachdcondition of being infertile - soil, etc
- mì-thorrachascondition of being infertile - soil, etc
- mì-thorrachasinability to conceive - people and animals
Spanish esterilidad
- esterilidadinability to conceive - people and animals
Swahili ugumba
- ugumbainability to conceive - people and animals
Swedish infertilitet
- infertilitetinability to conceive - people and animals
Tamil மலட்டுத்தன்மை
- மலட்டுத்தன்மை (malaṭṭuttaṉmai)inability to conceive - people and animals
Turkish kısırlık
- kısırlıkinability to conceive - people and animals
Vietnamese vô sinh
- vô sinhinability to conceive - people and animals
Welsh anffrwythlondeb
- anffrwythlondebinability to conceive - people and animals
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APA
infertility. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infertility
MLA
“infertility.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infertility. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infertility,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infertility.
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