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fruitful en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈfɹuːtfl̩/

Etymology

From Middle English fruitefull, equivalent to fruit + -ful. Compare Dutch vruchtvol, German fruchtvoll, Swedish fruktfull.

Meanings

1. Favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; not barren.
   • And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 1:22:
2. Being productive in any sense; yielding benefits.
   • The extra work in the office turned out to be fruitful after all—I got promoted
   • So, given that Claude is not conscious, what are we to make of Claude’s constitution? Perhaps the most fruitful way to think about it is as an 84-page character sheet for a role-playing game. 2026 June 3, Ted Chiang, “No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2026:

Forms

Antonyms

infertile · unfruitful · barren · unfruitful

Deriveds

overfruitful · fruitfully · fruitfulness · interfruitful

Hypernyms

fertile

Synonyms

fertile · fructuous · fructive · fruitious · thriving · productive · pregnant · voluminous · fruitful · yielding · batful · prolific · luxuriant · yieldly

Translations (98)

pdt fruchtboa (favorable to the growth) · ro roditor (favorable to the growth) · io fruktifanta (favorable to the growth) · grc καρπόφορος (productive, yielding benefits) · el καρποφόρος (productive, yielding benefits) · ru плодоно́сный (favorable to the growth) · fi antoisa (productive, yielding benefits) · uk плодотво́рний (productive, yielding benefits) · nn fruktbar (productive, yielding benefits) · sl ploden (productive, yielding benefits) · fi hedelmällinen (favorable to the growth) · pt fértil (favorable to the growth) · ro fructuos (productive, yielding benefits) · ru производи́тельный (productive, yielding benefits) · bg плодоро́ден (favorable to the growth) · de fruchtbar (favorable to the growth) · ca pomífer (productive, yielding benefits) · ca fèrtil (productive, yielding benefits) · he פּוֹרֶה (favorable to the growth) · hu termékeny (favorable to the growth) · eu emankor (favorable to the growth) · te ఫలవంతము (favorable to the growth) · mi oho (favorable to the growth) · ca productiu (productive, yielding benefits) · hi सफल (productive, yielding benefits) · es fértil (favorable to the growth) · da frugtbar (favorable to the growth) · ka ნაყოფიერი (favorable to the growth) · no fruktbar (favorable to the growth) · ca fèrtil (favorable to the growth) · es prolífico (productive, yielding benefits) · eo fruktoporta (favorable to the growth) · ru эффекти́вный (productive, yielding benefits) · uk плі́дний (productive, yielding benefits) · ca fructífer (productive, yielding benefits) · ga méith (favorable to the growth) · mi huākumu (productive, yielding benefits) · ga torthúil (favorable to the growth) · sa सफल (productive, yielding benefits) · nl vruchtbaar (favorable to the growth) · ro rodnic (favorable to the growth) · ca pomífer (favorable to the growth) · uz hosildor (productive, yielding benefits) · ru плодоро́дный (favorable to the growth) · la ferax (favorable to the growth) · hu produktív (productive, yielding benefits) · bg плодотворен (productive, yielding benefits) · lv ražīgs (productive, yielding benefits) · hu termékeny (productive, yielding benefits) · pt produtivo (productive, yielding benefits) · ru продукти́вный (productive, yielding benefits) · ar مثمر (productive, yielding benefits) · nb fruktbar (productive, yielding benefits) · pdt fruchtboa (productive, yielding benefits) · fi viljava (productive, yielding benefits) · eo fruktoporta (productive, yielding benefits) · ga méiniúil (favorable to the growth) · hu eredményes (productive, yielding benefits) · lv produktīvs (productive, yielding benefits) · fr fructueux (productive, yielding benefits) · lv rezultatīvs (productive, yielding benefits) · mi makuru (productive, yielding benefits) · uk плодови́тий (favorable to the growth) · fi viljava (favorable to the growth) · da frugtbar (productive, yielding benefits) · it produttivo (productive, yielding benefits) · hu gyümölcsöző (productive, yielding benefits) · es fértil (productive, yielding benefits) · lv auglīgs (productive, yielding benefits) · it proficuo (productive, yielding benefits) · uk плі́дний (favorable to the growth) · it fruttuoso (productive, yielding benefits) · pt frutífero (favorable to the growth) · ru принося́щий хоро́шие результа́ты (productive, yielding benefits) · sl rodoviten (favorable to the growth) · el εύφορος (favorable to the growth) · es productivo (productive, yielding benefits) · bg плодовит (productive, yielding benefits) · izh tulokas (productive, yielding benefits) · ru плодотво́рный (productive, yielding benefits) · et viljakas (productive, yielding benefits) · lv rasmīgs (favorable to the growth) · nl vruchtbaar (productive, yielding benefits) · pt frutuoso (productive, yielding benefits) · uk продукти́вний (productive, yielding benefits) · de fruchtbar (productive, yielding benefits) · it fertile (favorable to the growth) · lv ražīgs (favorable to the growth) · la fēcundus (productive, yielding benefits) · hi सुफल (productive, yielding benefits) · pl owocny (productive, yielding benefits) · lv auglīgs (favorable to the growth) · ro fertil (favorable to the growth) · hi सुफल (favorable to the growth) · eu emankor (productive, yielding benefits) · uk плодоно́сний (favorable to the growth) · es fructífero (productive, yielding benefits) · et viljakas (favorable to the growth)