"fecund" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɛk.ənd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfi.kənd/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fecund.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more fecund [comparative], most fecund [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛkənd, -iːkənd Etymology: From Middle French fécond, from Latin fēcundus (“fertile”), which is related to fētus and fēmina (“woman”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁(y)-}}, {{uder|en|frm|fécond}} Middle French fécond, {{der|en|la|fēcundus||fertile}} Latin fēcundus (“fertile”), {{m|la|fētus}} fētus, {{m|la|fēmina||woman}} fēmina (“woman”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} fecund (comparative more fecund, superlative most fecund)
  1. (formal) Highly fertile; able to produce offspring. Tags: formal Synonyms: battle, childing [archaic] Translations (highly fertile; able to produce offspring): պտղաբեր (ptġaber) (Armenian), պտղավետ (ptġavet) (Armenian), плодовит (plodovit) (Bulgarian), frugtbar (Danish), fécond (French), fruchtbar (German), termékeny (Hungarian), fekunda (Ido), bisiúil (Irish), fēcundus (Latin), vaislīgs (Latvian), auglīgs (Latvian), matahua (Maori), плодови́тый (plodovítyj) (Russian), fecundo (Spanish), doğurgan (Turkish), mahsuldar (Turkish), verimli (Turkish), feyyaz (Turkish), gür (Turkish), bitek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-fecund-en-adj-GHcJiknQ Disambiguation of 'highly fertile; able to produce offspring': 92 8
  2. (figuratively) Leading to new ideas or innovation. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: fertile, productive, prolific Translations (leading to new ideas or innovation): արգասավոր (argasavor) (Armenian), բեղմնավոր (beġmnavor) (Armenian), плодотворен (plodotvoren) (Bulgarian), fruchtbar (German), produktiv (German), termékeny (Hungarian), fruktbar (Swedish), üretken (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-fecund-en-adj-nzllmBIi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 32 68 Disambiguation of 'leading to new ideas or innovation': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fœcund [hypercorrect, obsolete] Related terms: fecundity

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "highly fertile; able to produce offspring",
      "word": "verimli"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "highly fertile; able to produce offspring",
      "word": "feyyaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "highly fertile; able to produce offspring",
      "word": "gür"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "highly fertile; able to produce offspring",
      "word": "bitek"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "argasavor",
      "sense": "leading to new ideas or innovation",
      "word": "արգասավոր"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "beġmnavor",
      "sense": "leading to new ideas or innovation",
      "word": "բեղմնավոր"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "plodotvoren",
      "sense": "leading to new ideas or innovation",
      "word": "плодотворен"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "leading to new ideas or innovation",
      "word": "fruchtbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "leading to new ideas or innovation",
      "word": "produktiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "leading to new ideas or innovation",
      "word": "termékeny"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "leading to new ideas or innovation",
      "word": "fruktbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "leading to new ideas or innovation",
      "word": "üretken"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fecund"
}

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