"sterile" meaning in English

See sterile in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈstɛɹaɪl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈstɛɹəl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sterile.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-sterile.wav Forms: more sterile [comparative], most sterile [superlative]
enPR: stĕrʹīl" Rhymes: -ɛɹaɪl, -ɛɹəl Etymology: From Middle French stérile, from Latin sterilis (“barren, futile”). See also Ancient Greek στεῖρα (steîra). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|stérile}} Middle French stérile, {{der|en|la|sterilis||barren, futile}} Latin sterilis (“barren, futile”), {{cog|grc|στεῖρα}} Ancient Greek στεῖρα (steîra) Head templates: {{en-adj}} sterile (comparative more sterile, superlative most sterile)
  1. (not comparable) Unable to reproduce (or procreate). Tags: not-comparable Synonyms (unable to procreate): barren, infertile Translations (unable to reproduce): baog (Aklanon), στεῖρος (steîros) (Ancient Greek), عَقِيم (ʕaqīm) [masculine] (Arabic), عَقِيمَة (ʕaqīma) [feminine] (Arabic), عقيم (ʕɐqiːm) [Gulf-Arabic] (Arabic), عقيمة (ʕɐqiːmɐ) [Gulf-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), ամուլ (amul) (Armenian), չբեր (čʻber) (Armenian), ստերջ (sterǰ) (Armenian), bawas (Bikol Central), безплоден (bezploden) (Bulgarian), estèril (Catalan), 不孕的 (bùyùn-de) (Chinese Mandarin), 貧瘠的 (Chinese Mandarin), 贫瘠的 (pínjí-de) (Chinese Mandarin), 无菌的 (wújūn-de) (Chinese Mandarin), 不生育的 (bù shēngyù-de) (Chinese Mandarin), neplodný [masculine] (Czech), onvruchtbaar (Dutch), steriel (Dutch), malfekunda (Esperanto), sterila (Esperanto), steriili (Finnish), stérile (French), maniña [feminine] (Galician), maniño [masculine] (Galician), unfruchtbar (German), στείρος (steíros) (Greek), עקר (Hebrew), עָקָר (ikar) (Hebrew), steril (Hungarian), meddő (Hungarian), terméketlen (Hungarian), steril (Indonesian), sterile (Interlingua), aimrid (Irish), sterile (Italian), infertile (Italian), 不毛 (fumō) (alt: ふもう) (Japanese), 不妊 (funin) (alt: ふにん) (Japanese), sterilis (Latin), horomata (Maori), bareyne (Middle English), steril (Norwegian Bokmål), steril (Norwegian Nynorsk), unberende (Old English), قیصیر (kısır) (Ottoman Turkish), سترون (setarvan) (Persian), bezpłodny [masculine] (Polish), estéril (Portuguese), беспло́дный (besplódnyj) (Russian), baog (Sambali), estéril (Spanish), steril (Swedish), ofruktbar (Swedish), baog (Tagalog), безплі́дний (bezplídnyj) (Ukrainian), яки́й не мо́же ма́ти діте́й (jakýj ne móže máty ditéj) (Ukrainian), стери́льний (sterýlʹnyj) (Ukrainian), vô sinh (Vietnamese), baog (Waray-Waray), anffrwythlon (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sterile-en-adj-yh7EYPSW Disambiguation of 'unable to procreate': 71 7 2 4 8 9 Disambiguation of 'unable to reproduce': 83 4 1 3 4 5
  2. (figurative) Terse; lacking sentiment or emotional stimulation, as in a manner of speaking. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-sterile-en-adj-Tbc9Xf7b
  3. (figurative) Fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive. Tags: figuratively Translations (fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive): безрезултатен (bezrezultaten) (Bulgarian), meddő (Hungarian), terméketlen (Hungarian), haszontalan (Hungarian), céltalan (Hungarian), bezpłodny (Polish)
    Sense id: en-sterile-en-adj-tFDIcktb Disambiguation of 'fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive': 0 3 84 3 3 6
  4. Germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms. Translations (germless): ստերիլ (steril) (Armenian), մանրէազերծ (manrēazerc) (Armenian), стерилен (sterilen) (Bulgarian), estèril (Catalan), 無菌的 (Chinese Mandarin), 无菌的 (Chinese Mandarin), sterilní (Czech), steril (Danish), sterila (Esperanto), stérile (French), estéril (Galician), steril (German), αποστειρωμένος (aposteiroménos) (Greek), στείρος (steíros) (Greek), bakteriaqanngitsoq (Greenlandic), steril (Hungarian), tiszta (Hungarian), csíramentes (Hungarian), steril (Indonesian), sterile (Interlingua), steiriúil (Irish), sterile (Italian), steril (Norwegian Bokmål), steril (Norwegian Nynorsk), استریل (esteril) (Persian), سترون (setarvan) (Persian), sterylny (Polish), estéril (Portuguese), стери́льный (sterílʹnyj) (Russian), estéril (Spanish), steril (Swedish), esteril (Tagalog), стери́льний (sterýlʹnyj) (Ukrainian), vô trùng (Vietnamese), diheintiedig (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sterile-en-adj-wVdFMdxw Disambiguation of 'germless': 0 7 6 62 8 16
  5. Free from dangerous objects, as a zone in an airport that can be only be entered via a security checkpoint.
    Sense id: en-sterile-en-adj-h8HzMVxu
  6. (US, military) Of weapons: foreign-made and untraceable to the United States. Tags: US Categories (topical): Military
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fruitless, sterile Hyponyms: impotent Derived forms: self-sterile, sterile neutrino, sterile oat

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          "word": "baog"
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "amul",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "ամուլ"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
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          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "չբեր"
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          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "ստերջ"
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          "lang": "Bikol Central",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "bawas"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bezploden",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
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        },
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "estèril"
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        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bùyùn-de",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "不孕的"
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        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "貧瘠的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "pínjí-de",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "贫瘠的"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wújūn-de",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
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        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bù shēngyù-de",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "不生育的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "neplodný"
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        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "onvruchtbaar"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
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        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "malfekunda"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
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        {
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "steriili"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "stérile"
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          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "maniña"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
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        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "unfruchtbar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "steíros",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "στείρος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "grc",
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          "roman": "steîros",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
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        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "עקר"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ikar",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "עָקָר"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "steril"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "meddő"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "terméketlen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "steril"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "sterile"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "aimrid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "sterile"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "infertile"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "alt": "ふもう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "fumō",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "不毛"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "alt": "ふにん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "funin",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "不妊"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "sterilis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "horomata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "bareyne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "steril"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "steril"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "unberende"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "kısır",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "قیصیر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "setarvan",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
          "word": "سترون"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 4 1 3 4 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "unable to reproduce",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:sterile",
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    "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Bikol Central translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Greenlandic translations",
    "Terms with Gulf Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Interlingua translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Middle English translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Old English translations",
    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Sambali translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
    "Terms with Waray-Waray translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations"
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    {
      "word": "self-sterile"
    },
    {
      "word": "sterile neutrino"
    },
    {
      "word": "sterile oat"
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      "word": "impotent"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "word": "sterilisation"
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      "word": "sterilization"
    },
    {
      "word": "sterilise"
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    {
      "word": "sterilize"
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      "word": "sterilised"
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      "word": "sterilized"
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    {
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sterile",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sterile",
      "word": "emasculate"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:sterile",
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        "(not comparable) Unable to reproduce (or procreate)."
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        "(figurative) Fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive."
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          "text": "a sterile kitchen table",
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        "Germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms."
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    {
      "glosses": [
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          "ref": "1990, Leroy Thompson, The US Army in Vietnam, page 111",
          "text": "In addition to this rapid supply system, the US Army Counterinsurgency Support Office on Okinawa helped procure special equipment including rucksacks, special rations for irregular troops, 'sterile' weapons which could not be traced to the USA and other items not procurable through foreign channels.",
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      "sense": "unable to procreate",
      "word": "barren"
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      "sense": "unable to procreate",
      "word": "infertile"
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    {
      "code": "akl",
      "lang": "Aklanon",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "baog"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "ʕaqīm",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عَقِيم"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕaqīma",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "عَقِيمَة"
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    {
      "code": "afb",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕɐqiːm",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "عقيم"
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    {
      "code": "afb",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕɐqiːmɐ",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "tags": [
        "Gulf-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "عقيمة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "amul",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "ամուլ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "čʻber",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "չբեր"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "sterǰ",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "ստերջ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "bawas"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezploden",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "безплоден"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "estèril"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùyùn-de",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "不孕的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "貧瘠的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pínjí-de",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "贫瘠的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wújūn-de",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "无菌的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bù shēngyù-de",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "不生育的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neplodný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "onvruchtbaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "steriel"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "malfekunda"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "sterila"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "steriili"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "stérile"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maniña"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maniño"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "unfruchtbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "steíros",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "στείρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "steîros",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "στεῖρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "עקר"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ikar",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "עָקָר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "steril"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "meddő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "terméketlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "steril"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "sterile"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "aimrid"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "sterile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "infertile"
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    {
      "alt": "ふもう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fumō",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "不毛"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふにん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "funin",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "不妊"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "sterilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "horomata"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "bareyne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "steril"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "steril"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "unberende"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kısır",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "قیصیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "setarvan",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "سترون"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bezpłodny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "estéril"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "besplódnyj",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "беспло́дный"
    },
    {
      "code": "xsb",
      "lang": "Sambali",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "baog"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "estéril"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "steril"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "ofruktbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "baog"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bezplídnyj",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "безплі́дний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "jakýj ne móže máty ditéj",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "яки́й не мо́же ма́ти діте́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sterýlʹnyj",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "стери́льний"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "vô sinh"
    },
    {
      "code": "war",
      "lang": "Waray-Waray",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "baog"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "unable to reproduce",
      "word": "anffrwythlon"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezrezultaten",
      "sense": "fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive",
      "word": "безрезултатен"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive",
      "word": "meddő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive",
      "word": "terméketlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive",
      "word": "haszontalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive",
      "word": "céltalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive",
      "word": "bezpłodny"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "steril",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "ստերիլ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "manrēazerc",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "մանրէազերծ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sterilen",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "стерилен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "estèril"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "無菌的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "无菌的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "sterilní"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "steril"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "sterila"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "stérile"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "estéril"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "steril"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aposteiroménos",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "αποστειρωμένος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "steíros",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "στείρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "bakteriaqanngitsoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "steril"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "tiszta"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "csíramentes"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "steril"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "sterile"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "steiriúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "sterile"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "steril"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "steril"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "esteril",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "استریل"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "setarvan",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "سترون"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "sterylny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "estéril"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sterílʹnyj",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "стери́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "estéril"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "steril"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "esteril"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sterýlʹnyj",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "стери́льний"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "vô trùng"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "germless",
      "word": "diheintiedig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sterile"
}

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