sterile

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French stérile, from Latin sterilis (“barren, futile”). See also Ancient Greek στεῖρα (steîra). === Pronunciation === enPR: stĕrʹīl", stĕrʹəl (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstɛɹaɪl/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstɛɹəl/ Rhymes: -ɛɹaɪl, -ɛɹəl === Adjective === sterile (comparative more sterile, superlative most sterile) (not comparable) Unable to reproduce (or procreate). (figurative) Terse; lacking sentiment or emotional stimulation, as in a manner of speaking. (figurative) Fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive. Germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms. Permanently uninhabitable (as in a planet like Earth) to all life, including even microbes. Free from dangerous objects, as a zone in an airport that can be only be entered via a security checkpoint. (US, military) Of weapons: foreign-made and untraceable to the United States. ==== Synonyms ==== (unable to procreate): barren, infertile ==== Antonyms ==== fertile non-sterile, nonsterile unsterile ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== sterilisation / sterilization sterilise / sterilize sterilised / sterilized sterility ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Leister, treiles, Eilerts, leister, reliest, retiles == German == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === sterile inflection of steril: strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular strong nominative/accusative plural weak nominative all-gender singular weak accusative feminine/neuter singular == Interlingua == === Adjective === sterile (not comparable) sterile == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin sterilis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈstɛ.ri.le/ Rhymes: -ɛrile Hyphenation: stè‧ri‧le === Adjective === sterile m or f by sense (plural sterili) sterile, barren, unprolific, infertile sterile, sterilized (medicine) vain, pointless unproductive ==== Derived terms ==== sterilire sterilizzare sterilmente ==== Related terms ==== sterilità === Further reading === sterile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Latin == === Adjective === sterile nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of sterilis == Norwegian Bokmål == === Adjective === sterile definite singular/plural of steril == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Adjective === sterile definite singular/plural of steril == Swedish == === Adjective === sterile definite natural masculine singular of steril