fertile

fertile

Terre où les plantes et les cultures poussent bien.

En anglais simple : Land that allows plants and crops to grow well.

• The soil here is fertile.
• Farmers grow rice in the fertile valley.
• The river leaves the fields more fertile after each flood.

Synonymes : productive

Contraires : barren, infertile

Expressions courantes : fertile soil, fertile land, fertile valley

fertile, fécond

Capable d’avoir des petits ou des enfants, ou de produire des graines.

En anglais simple : Able to produce young, seeds, or babies.

• These seeds are fertile.
• The tests showed that both partners were fertile.
• Only fertile eggs can develop into chicks.

Synonymes : fecund

Contraires : infertile, sterile

Expressions courantes : fertile eggs, fertile seeds, fertile woman, fertile male

fécond, créatif

Capable de produire beaucoup d’idées nouvelles et intéressantes.

En anglais simple : Able to create many new and interesting ideas.

• She has a fertile imagination.
• His fertile mind produced a new solution every day.
• The story reveals the writer’s wonderfully fertile imagination.

Synonymes : creative, inventive, productive

Contraires : unimaginative

Expressions courantes : fertile imagination, fertile mind, fertile brain, fertile creativity