stérile

See also: sterile

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sterilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ste.ʁil/
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Adjective

stérile (plural stériles)

  1. sterile, barren, unprolific, infertile
    Synonym: infécond
    Antonyms: fertile, fécond
  2. (medicine) sterile, sterilized
    chambre stérile ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. (figuratively) vain, pointless; unproductive

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Dutch: steriel

Further reading

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