fertilization

English

Alternative forms

• fertilisation

Etymology

From French fertilisation; equivalent to fertilize +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

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Noun

fertilization (countable and uncountable, plural fertilizations)

1. The act or process of rendering fertile.
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.
   • 2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:

     In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.

3. The act of applying fertilizer to soil.

Synonyms

• conception
• fecundation
• syngamy
• impregnation

Derived terms

• alternative fertilization
• biofertilization
• close fertilization
• cross-fertilization
• defertilization
• external fertilization
• fertilizational
• heterofertilization
• internal fertilization
• in vitro fertilization
• legitimate fertilization
• overfertilization
• postfertilization
• prefertilization
• refertilization
• self-fertilization
• underfertilization

Translations

act of rendering fertile

Armenian: բեղմնավորում (hy) (beġmnavorum) Bulgarian: оплождане n (oploždane) Catalan: fertilització f Czech: oplodnění n Finnish: lannoitus (fi), maanparannus French: fertilisation (fr) Galician: fertilización (gl) f Georgian: განაყოფიერება (ganaq̇opiereba), გაპატივება (gaṗaṭiveba) (of soil) Hindi: निषेचन (hi) m (niṣecan) Indonesian: fertilisasi (id), pembuahan (id), penghamilan (id) Italian: fertilizzazione (it) f Malay: persenyawaan (ms) Maori: whakatōnga Portuguese: fertilização (pt) f Romanian: fertilizare (ro) Russian: удобре́ние по́чвы n (udobrénije póčvy) (fertilization of soil) Scottish Gaelic: torachadh m Spanish: fertilización (es) f

act of fecundating

Armenian: բեղմնավորում (hy) (beġmnavorum) Bulgarian: опрашване n (oprašvane) Catalan: fecundació (ca) f Finnish: hedelmöitys (fi), hedelmöittäminen (fi) French: fécondation (fr), fertilisation (fr) Georgian: განაყოფიერება (ganaq̇opiereba) German: Befruchtung (de) f Greek: γονιμοποίηση (el) f (gonimopoíisi) Indonesian: fertilisasi (id), pembuahan (id), penghamilan (id) Irish: toirchiú m Italian: fecondazione (it) f Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: pîtandin Malay: persenyawaan (ms) Maori: whakakikiritanga Portuguese: fertilização (pt) f, fecundação (pt) f Romanian: fecundare (ro) f Russian: оплодотворе́ние (ru) n (oplodotvorénije) Spanish: fecundación (es) f Swedish: befruktning (sv) c Tagalog: sapunla Ukrainian: заплі́днення n (zaplídnennja)

act of applying fertilizer

Catalan: adobament m Finnish: lannoitus (fi) Indonesian: fertilisasi (id), pemupukan (id), perabukan Malay: pembajaan Swahili: urutubishaji

Further reading

• Fertilisation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia