megtermékenyít

Hungarian

Etymology

From meg- + termékenyít, from termékeny (fertile) + -ít (causative verb-forming suffix), from ter(e)m (to yield, produce, bear) + -ékeny (adjective-forming suffix expressing ability).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛktɛrmeːkɛɲiːt]
  • Hyphenation: meg‧ter‧mé‧ke‧nyít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

megtermékenyít

  1. (transitive) to fertilize, impregnate, inseminate, fecundate
    Middle-voice counterpart: megtermékenyül
  2. (transitive, figurative) to enrich

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • megtermékenyít in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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