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fecundity

/fəˈkʌndɪti/fuh-KUHN-dih-tee
/fəˈkʌndɪti/fuh-KUHN-dih-tee

Meaningfruitfulness

Common meaning: ability to produce offspring or growth

Journey through time

  1. Latinfecunditas‘fruitfulness’source
  2. Old Frenchféconditésource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsfruitfulness → ability to produce offspring or growthfecundity‘ability to produce offspring or growth’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin fecunditas ‘fruitfulness’.

Roots

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