The settlers learned that the land in the valley was fertile.
Source: tatoeba (22046)
Fertile
//ˈfɜːtaɪl//
Synonyms for "fertile" (113 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (34)
Related words (56)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
9 entriesderived
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
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1 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
similar
14 entriesTranslations
143 translations across 53 languages.
Albanian
4 entries- begat adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- pjell adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- pjellore adj (of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific)
- pjellore adj (capable of reproducing)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- γόνιμος adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- γόνιμος adj (capable of reproducing)
Arabic
2 entries- خَصِب adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- خَصِب adj (capable of reproducing)
Asturian
2 entries- fértil adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- fértil adj (capable of reproducing)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- bərəkətli adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- münbit adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- məhsuldar adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
Basque
4 entries- emankor adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- emankor adj (of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific)
- emankor adj (capable of reproducing)
- ugalkor adj (capable of reproducing)
Breton
1 entries- strujus adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
Bulgarian
4 entries- богат adj (of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific)
- оплоден adj (capable of developing past the egg stage)
- плодовит adj (capable of reproducing)
- плодороден adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
Catalan
3 entries- fèrtil adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- fèrtil adj (of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific)
- fèrtil adj (capable of reproducing)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- بەپیت adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 肥沃 adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- 能生育的 adj (capable of reproducing)
Czech
2 entries- plodný adj (capable of reproducing)
- úrodný adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
Danish
3 entries- frugtbar adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- frugtbar adj (of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific)
- frugtbar adj (capable of reproducing)
Dutch
1 entries- vruchtbaar adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
Esperanto
2 entries- fekunda adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- fekunda adj (capable of reproducing)
Finnish
4 entries- hedelmällinen adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- hedelmällinen adj (capable of reproducing)
- hedelmöitynyt adj (capable of developing past the egg stage)
- tuottelias adj (of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific)
French
3 entries- fertile adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- fertile adj (of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific)
- fertile adj (capable of reproducing)
Galician
3 entries- fértil adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- fértil adj (of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific)
- fértil adj (capable of reproducing)
Georgian
1 entries- ნოყიერი adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
German
3 entries- fruchtbar adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- fruchtbar adj (capable of reproducing)
- geil adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
Hindi
1 entries- उपजाऊ adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
Hungarian
1 entries- termékeny adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
Ido
4 entries- fertila adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- fertila adj (of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific)
- fertila adj (capable of reproducing)
- fertila adj (capable of developing past the egg stage)
Indonesian
1 entries- subur adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
Irish
4 entries- arúil adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- méiniúil adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- méith adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- méith adj (capable of reproducing)
Italian
2 entries- fertile adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- fertile adj (of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific)
Japanese
1 entries- 肥沃な adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
Kazakh
4 entries- шұрайлы adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- құйқалы adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- құнарлы adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- құтты adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
Korean
2 entries- 걸다 adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- 비옥(肥沃)하다 adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
Latin
4 entries- ferax adj (capable of reproducing)
- fertilis adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- fertilis adj (capable of reproducing)
- ferāx adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
Latvian
4 entries- auglīgs adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- auglīgs adj (capable of reproducing)
- ražīgs adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- vaislīgs adj (capable of reproducing)
Lithuanian
2 entries- derlingas adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- vaisingas adj (capable of reproducing)
Malay
3 entries- subur adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- subur adj (of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific)
- subur adj (capable of reproducing)
Māori
4 entries- haumako adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- matahua adj (capable of reproducing)
- mōmona adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- pukuhua adj (capable of reproducing)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- fruktbar adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- fruktbar adj (capable of reproducing)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- fruktbar adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- fruktbar adj (capable of reproducing)
Old English
2 entries- wæstmbǣre adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- wæstmbǣre adj (capable of reproducing)
Persian
3 entries- بارور adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- برور adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- حاصلخیز adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- fruchtboa adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
Polish
4 entries- bujny adj (of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific)
- owocodajny adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- płodny adj (capable of reproducing)
- urodzajny adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
Portuguese
3 entries- fértil adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- fértil adj (of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific)
- fértil adj (capable of reproducing)
Romanian
1 entries- fertil adj (capable of reproducing)
Russian
1 entries- плодоро́дный adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
Slovene
4 entries- oplojen adj (capable of developing past the egg stage)
- ploden adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- ploden adj (of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific)
- ploden adj (capable of reproducing)
Spanish
4 entries- feraz adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- fértil adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- fértil adj (of one’s imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific)
- fértil adj (capable of reproducing)
Swedish
2 entries- bördig adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- fertil adj (capable of reproducing)
Thai
3 entries- สมบูรณ์ adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- อุดม adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- อุดมสมบูรณ์ adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
Turkish
4 entries- bitek adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- doğurgan adj (capable of reproducing)
- feyyaz adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- gür adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
Ukrainian
1 entries- родю́чий adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
Urdu
1 entries- زرخیز adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
Vietnamese
1 entries- màu mỡ adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿרוכטבאַר adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
Zazaki
4 entries- awregan adj (capable of reproducing)
- mexel adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
- pungal adj (capable of developing past the egg stage)
- xesad adj (of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Now there is nothing but desert, where there used to be a fertile plain.
Source: tatoeba (28326)
It has fertile soil where corn be grown.
Source: tatoeba (50970)
The soil here is fertile.
Source: tatoeba (61621)
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