infertile

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

in·fer·tile BrE [ɪnˈfɜːtaɪl] NAmE [ɪnˈfɜːrtl] adjective
1. (of people, animals and plants)not able to have babies or produce young
•an infertile couple
2. (of land)not able to produce good crops
Opp: ↑fertile
Derived Word: ↑infertility

Word Origin:
[infertile infertility] late 16th cent.: from French, or from late Latin infertilis, from in- ‘not’ + fertilis (from ferre ‘to bear’).

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  sterile, unfertile