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fertility

Pronunciation: /fə(ɹ)ˈtɪlɪti/

The English word “fertility” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.
  2. 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.

Etymology

From Middle French fertilité, from Latin fertilitās, equivalent to fertile + -ity.

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