fertilitet
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Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French fertilité (“fertility”), from fertile (“fertile”) + -ité (“-ity, -ness”), from Latin fertilis (“fruitful, fertile”), from ferō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fertilitet c (singular definite fertiliteten, not used in plural form)
- fertility (both senses)
Usage notes[edit]
In compounds: fertilitets-.
Synonyms[edit]
- (the condition, or the degree of being fertile): frugtbarhed
- (the birthrate of a population): fertilitetskvotient, fødselshyppighed