Sterile

//ˈstɛɹaɪl//

Synonyms for "sterile" (156 found)

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Closest matches (32)

Strong matches (46)

Related words (78)

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Translations

109 translations across 46 languages.

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Aklanon

1 entries
  • baog adj (unable to reproduce)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • στεῖρος adj (unable to reproduce)

Arabic

4 entries
  • عقيم adj (unable to reproduce)
  • عقيمة adj (unable to reproduce)
  • عَقِيم adj (unable to reproduce)
  • عَقِيمَة adj (unable to reproduce)

Armenian

4 entries
  • ամուլ adj (unable to reproduce)
  • մանրէազերծ adj (germless)
  • չբեր adj (unable to reproduce)
  • ստերիլ adj (germless)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • bawas adj (unable to reproduce)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • безплоден adj (unable to reproduce)
  • безрезултатен adj (fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive)
  • стерилен adj (germless)

Catalan

2 entries
  • estèril adj (unable to reproduce)
  • estèril adj (germless)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • ئەستێور adj (unable to reproduce)
  • ئەستێور adj (germless)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 不孕的 adj (unable to reproduce)
  • 不生育的 adj (unable to reproduce)
  • 无菌的 adj (unable to reproduce)
  • 無菌的 /无菌的 adj (germless)

Czech

2 entries
  • neplodný adj (unable to reproduce)
  • sterilní adj (germless)

Danish

1 entries
  • steril adj (germless)

Dutch

2 entries
  • onvruchtbaar adj (unable to reproduce)
  • steriel adj (unable to reproduce)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • malfekunda adj (unable to reproduce)
  • sterila adj (unable to reproduce)
  • sterila adj (germless)

Finnish

1 entries
  • steriili adj (unable to reproduce)

French

2 entries
  • stérile adj (unable to reproduce)
  • stérile adj (germless)

Galician

3 entries
  • estéril adj (germless)
  • maniña adj (unable to reproduce)
  • maniño adj (unable to reproduce)

German

2 entries
  • steril adj (germless)
  • unfruchtbar adj (unable to reproduce)

Greek

3 entries
  • αποστειρωμένος adj (germless)
  • στείρος adj (unable to reproduce)
  • στείρος adj (germless)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • bakteriaqanngitsoq adj (germless)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • עָקָר adj (unable to reproduce)
  • עקר adj (unable to reproduce)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • csíramentes adj (germless)
  • céltalan adj (fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive)
  • haszontalan adj (fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive)
  • meddő adj (unable to reproduce)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • steril adj (unable to reproduce)
  • steril adj (germless)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • sterile adj (unable to reproduce)
  • sterile adj (germless)

Irish

4 entries
  • aimrid adj (unable to reproduce)
  • seasc adj (unable to reproduce)
  • seasc adj (fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive)
  • steiriúil adj (germless)

Italian

3 entries
  • infertile adj (unable to reproduce)
  • sterile adj (unable to reproduce)
  • sterile adj (germless)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 不妊の adj (unable to reproduce)
  • 不毛な adj (unable to reproduce)
  • 不毛な adj (fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive)
  • 無菌の adj (germless)

Latin

1 entries
  • sterilis adj (unable to reproduce)

Middle English

1 entries
  • bareyne adj (unable to reproduce)

Māori

1 entries
  • horomata adj (unable to reproduce)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • steril adj (unable to reproduce)
  • steril adj (germless)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • steril adj (unable to reproduce)
  • steril adj (germless)

Old English

1 entries
  • unberende adj (unable to reproduce)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • قیصیر adj (unable to reproduce)

Persian

3 entries
  • استریل adj (germless)
  • سترون adj (unable to reproduce)
  • سترون adj (germless)

Polish

3 entries
  • bezpłodny adj (unable to reproduce)
  • bezpłodny adj (fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive)
  • sterylny adj (germless)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • estéril adj (unable to reproduce)
  • estéril adj (germless)

Russian

2 entries
  • беспло́дный adj (unable to reproduce)
  • стери́льный adj (germless)

Sambali

1 entries
  • baog adj (unable to reproduce)

Spanish

2 entries
  • estéril adj (unable to reproduce)
  • estéril adj (germless)

Swedish

3 entries
  • ofruktbar adj (unable to reproduce)
  • steril adj (unable to reproduce)
  • steril adj (germless)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • baog adj (unable to reproduce)
  • esteril adj (germless)

Thai

1 entries
  • เป็นหมัน adj (unable to reproduce)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • безплі́дний adj (unable to reproduce)
  • стери́льний adj (unable to reproduce)
  • стери́льний adj (germless)
  • яки́й не мо́же ма́ти діте́й adj (unable to reproduce)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • vô sinh adj (unable to reproduce)
  • vô trùng adj (germless)

Waray-Waray

1 entries
  • baog adj (unable to reproduce)

Welsh

2 entries
  • anffrwythlon adj (unable to reproduce)
  • diheintiedig adj (germless)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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I'm sterile.

Source: tatoeba (318667)

I cannot get pregnant. I am sterile.

Source: tatoeba (1682425)

His country is censored the world over, so that outsiders would not see the industrial pollution and the huge sterile apartment blocks therein.

Source: tatoeba (1875550)

Mules are sterile.

Source: tatoeba (2173744)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.