estéril

Portuguese

adj
Definitions
  • barren, sterile (unable to bear children)
  • (agriculture) infertile (soil where crops don't grow, or grow slowly)
  • sterile, germless
  • unproductive

Etymology

Derived from Latin sterilis (sterile, futile, barren) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (stiff, barren, spread out, broaden, rigid, steady, strong).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ster-

Gloss

stiff, barren, spread out, broaden, rigid, steady, strong

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

強

Emoji

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