fecundity

== English == === Alternative forms === fœcundity (obsolete) === Etymology === From Latin fēcunditās (“fruitfulness, fertility”), from fēcundus, equivalent to fecund +‎ -ity. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /fɪˈkʌndɪtɪ/ Hyphenation: fe‧cun‧di‧ty === Noun === fecundity (usually uncountable, plural fecundities) Ability to produce offspring. Ability to cause growth or increase. Number, rate, or capacity of offspring production. Rate of production of young by a female. ==== Synonyms ==== (ability to produce offspring): fertileness, fertility ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== fecund fecundation ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “fecundity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “fecundity”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. fecundity in the Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, English section, second edition, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Liège, 1982 “fecundity”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.