"fertilization" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-fertilization.wav Forms: fertilizations [plural]
Etymology: From French fertilisation; equivalent to fertilize + -ation. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|fertilisation}} French fertilisation, {{suffix|en|fertilize|ation}} fertilize + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fertilization (countable and uncountable, plural fertilizations)
  1. The act or process of rendering fertile. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biology Translations (act of rendering fertile): բեղմնավորում (beġmnavorum) (Armenian), оплождане (oploždane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), fertilització [feminine] (Catalan), oplodnění [neuter] (Czech), lannoitus (Finnish), maanparannus (Finnish), fertilisation (French), fertilización [feminine] (Galician), განაყოფიერება (ganaq̇opiereba) (Georgian), გაპატივება (gaṗaṭiveba) (note: of soil) (Georgian), fertilisasi (Indonesian), pembuahan (Indonesian), penghamilan (Indonesian), fertilizzazione [feminine] (Italian), persenyawaan (Malay), whakatōnga (Maori), fertilização [feminine] (Portuguese), fertilizare (Romanian), удобре́ние по́чвы (udobrénije póčvy) (english: fertilization of soil) [neuter] (Russian), torachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), fertilización [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fertilization-en-noun-S2vVcoBK Disambiguation of Biology: 51 49 0 Disambiguation of 'act of rendering fertile': 55 28 17
  2. The act of fecundating or impregnating the gametes of animals, plants, etc.; including the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, an analogous process in flowerless plants, or the joining of sperm and egg in animals. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biology Translations (act of fecundating): բեղմնավորում (beġmnavorum) (Armenian), опрашване (oprašvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), fecundació [feminine] (Catalan), hedelmöitys (Finnish), hedelmöittäminen (Finnish), fécondation (French), fertilisation (French), განაყოფიერება (ganaq̇opiereba) (Georgian), Befruchtung [feminine] (German), γονιμοποίηση (gonimopoíisi) [feminine] (Greek), fertilisasi (Indonesian), pembuahan (Indonesian), penghamilan (Indonesian), toirchiú [masculine] (Irish), fecondazione [feminine] (Italian), persenyawaan (Malay), whakakikiritanga (Maori), pîtandin (Northern Kurdish), fertilização [feminine] (Portuguese), fecundação [feminine] (Portuguese), fecundare [feminine] (Romanian), оплодотворе́ние (oplodotvorénije) [neuter] (Russian), fecundación [feminine] (Spanish), befruktning [common-gender] (Swedish), sapunla (Tagalog), заплі́днення (zaplídnennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-fertilization-en-noun-5z5DDksz Disambiguation of Biology: 51 49 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ation, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 74 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ation: 16 68 17 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 20 65 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 76 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 75 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 85 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 15 73 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 15 73 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 15 73 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 18 67 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 73 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 72 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 15 73 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 15 73 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 72 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 26 54 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 15 73 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 15 73 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 77 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 15 73 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 15 73 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 5 91 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 15 73 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 15 73 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 77 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 16 72 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 81 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 14 75 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 15 73 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 15 73 12 Disambiguation of 'act of fecundating': 10 70 20
  3. The act of applying fertilizer to soil. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of applying fertilizer): adobament [masculine] (Catalan), lannoitus (Finnish), fertilisasi (Indonesian), pemupukan (Indonesian), perabukan (Indonesian), pembajaan (Malay)
    Sense id: en-fertilization-en-noun-jDyUK5hH Disambiguation of 'act of applying fertilizer': 15 18 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: conception, fecundation, syngamy, impregnation, fertilisation Derived forms: alternative fertilization, cross-fertilization, external fertilization, internal fertilization, in vitro fertilization, self-fertilization

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "gonimopoíisi",
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      "sense": "act of fecundating",
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      "sense": "act of fecundating",
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      "word": "pîtandin"
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      "sense": "act of fecundating",
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      "sense": "act of fecundating",
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      "word": "fertilização"
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      "sense": "act of fecundating",
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      "sense": "act of fecundating",
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      "sense": "act of applying fertilizer",
      "word": "pemupukan"
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