fecund
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- fœcund (hypercorrect, obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Middle French fécond, from Latin fēcundus (“fertile”), which is related to fētus and fēmina (“woman”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɛk.ənd/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfi.kənd/
- Rhymes: -ɛkənd, -iːkənd
Adjective edit
fecund (comparative more fecund, superlative most fecund)
- (formal) Highly fertile; able to produce offspring.
- 2001, Massimo Livi Bacci, A Concise History of World Population, page 9:
- The number of children per woman depends, as has been said, on biological and social factors which determine: (1) the frequency of births during a woman's fecund period, and (2) the portion of the fecund period--between puberty and menopause--effectively utilized for reproduction.
- 2014 December 23, Olivia Judson, “The hemiparasite season [print version: Under the hemiparasite, International New York Times, 24–25 December 2014, p. 7]”, in The New York Times[1]:
- The druids […] believed that mistletoe could make barren animals fecund, and that it was an antidote to all poisons.
- (figuratively) Leading to new ideas or innovation.
- Synonyms: fertile, productive, prolific
- 1906, Charles Sanders Peirce, “The Basis of Pragmatism in the Normative Sciences”, in The Essential Peirce: Selected Philosophical Writings, volume II, page 373:
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Translations edit
highly fertile; able to produce offspring
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
fecund (feminine fecunda, masculine plural fecunds, feminine plural fecundes)
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Further reading edit
- “fecund” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “fecund”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “fecund” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “fecund” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French fécond, from Latin fecundus.
Adjective edit
fecund m or n (feminine singular fecundă, masculine plural fecunzi, feminine and neuter plural fecunde)
Declension edit
Declension of fecund
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | fecund | fecundă | fecunzi | fecunde | ||
definite | fecundul | fecunda | fecunzii | fecundele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | fecund | fecunde | fecunzi | fecunde | ||
definite | fecundului | fecundei | fecunzilor | fecundelor |