different between fertility vs baal

English

Etymology

From Middle French fertilité, from Latin fertilitas.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /f???t?l?ti/
• Rhymes: -?l?ti

Noun

fertility (countable and uncountable, plural fertilities)

1. (uncountable) The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.

   Muckspreading increases the fertility of the soil.

2. (countable) The birthrate of a population; the number of live births per 1000 people per year.
3. The average number of births per woman within a population.

Synonyms

• fecundity, fertileness

Antonyms

• infertility

Derived terms

• oncofertility

Translations

Further reading

• fertility on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Baal.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b??l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b??l/
• Rhymes: -??l

Noun

baal (plural baals)

1. a false deity or idol
2. (obsolete, derogatory) Catholic or Orthodox icons of the saints.

Synonyms

• (a false deity): afgod (obsolete), false god

Anagrams

• AABL, Alba, Bala, LABA, alba, blaa, laab

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• bal (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Middle High German balde. Cognate with German bald.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?l/

Adverb

baal

1. (most dialects) soon

2. (most dialects) almost

   Synonyms: fass, fast, beinoh

Cimbrian

Etymology

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Noun

baal m

1. (Sette Comuni) drainage channel

References

• “baal” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?l/, [ba?l]
• Hyphenation: baal
• Rhymes: -a?l

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bale, from Old French bale.

Noun

baal f (plural balen, diminutive baaltje n)

1. A bale of hay or straw.
2. A closed bag or package of wares.

Derived terms

• hooibaal
• strobaal
• vlooienbaal

Descendants

• Afrikaans: baal
• ? Indonesian: bal

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

baal

1. first-person singular present indicative of balen
2. imperative of balen

Limos Kalinga

Noun

baál

1. G-string

Somali

Noun

baal ?

1. wing

Yucatec Maya

Verb

baal (transitive)

1. to hide, to conceal
2. to protect, to shelter, to shield
3. to guard, to keep

Inflection