different between breeding vs fertile

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?i?d??/
• Rhymes: -i?d??

Etymology 1

From Middle English breedyng, bredynge (“gestation, incubation, propagation, hatching; engineering, formation, development, growth”), equivalent to breed +? -ing.

Noun

breeding (countable and uncountable, plural breedings)

1. Propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.
2. The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.
3. The act of copulation in animals.
4. The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity.
5. Nurture; education; formation of manners.
6. Descent; pedigree; extraction.
7. (gay slang) Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex, usually applied to gay pornography.

Derived terms

• inbreeding
• outbreeding

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English bredyng, bredynge, from Old English *br?dende, from Proto-Germanic *br?dijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *br?dijan? (“to brood; breed”), equivalent to breed +? -ing.

Adjective

breeding (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to or used for breeding.

   Your toothbrush is a breeding ground for bacteria.

Derived terms

• breeding ground

Verb

breeding

1. present participle of breed

   Through genetic manipulation and harsh training, I am breeding a species of super-dogs to take over the world.

Anagrams

• beringed, bigender

English

Etymology

Middle English, from French and Old French fertile, from Latin fertilis (“fruitful, fertile”), from fer? (“I bear, carry”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??ta?l/, /?f??t?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?f??t?l/, /?f??ta?l/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /?f??ta?l/

Adjective

fertile (comparative more fertile, superlative most fertile)

1. (of land etc) capable of growing abundant crops; productive
2. (biology) capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful

3. (biology) capable of developing past the egg stage
4. (physics) Not itself fissile, but able to be converted into a fissile material by irradiation in a reactor.

   There are two basic fertile materials: uranium-238 and thorium-232.

5. (of an imagination etc) productive or prolific

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:productive
• fecund

Antonyms

• barren
• infertile

Related terms

• fertilisation, fertilization
• fertilise, fertilize
• fertiliser, fertilizer
• fertility, fertileness
• subfertile

Translations

Further reading

• fertile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• fertile in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• fertile at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• firelet

French

Etymology

From Latin fertilem

Adjective

fertile (plural fertiles)

1. fertile

Further reading

• “fertile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• flétrie
• flirtée

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fertilis, fertilem

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?r.ti.le/

Adjective

fertile (plural fertili)

1. fertile

   Antonym: infertile

Derived terms

• fertilizzare
• fertilmente

Related terms

• fertilità

See also

• fecondo

Further reading

• fertile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Adjective

fertile

1. nominative neuter singular of fertilis
2. accusative neuter singular of fertilis
3. vocative neuter singular of fertilis