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Translate sterile from English to French

Summary

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sterile:
- infertile; frugal; stérile; rêche; aride
Wiktionary:
- sterile → stérile
- sterile → stérile

English

Detailed Translations for sterile from English to French

sterile:

sterile adj

sterile (infertile; barren)
infertile; frugal; stérile; rêche; aride
- infertile adj
- frugal adj
- stérile adj
- rêche adj
- aride adj

Translation Matrix for sterile:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	aseptic; infertile; unfertile; unimaginative; uninspired; uninventive
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	barren
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
aride	barren; infertile; sterile	arid; bare; barren; dry; faded; inhospitable; lacking rain; parced; parched; poor; scorched; unfruitful; wilted; withered
frugal	barren; infertile; sterile	austere; barren; frugal; parched; poor; scanty; sober; unfruitful
infertile	barren; infertile; sterile	barren; dry; parced; poor; scorched; unfruitful; withered
rêche	barren; infertile; sterile	abominable; barbaric; barren; brutal; bumpy; cruel; feral; gruesome; heinous; inhuman; inhumane; poor; rough; unbroken; uneven; unfruitful; untamed; wild
stérile	barren; infertile; sterile	barren; dry; germfree; parced; poor; scorched; unfruitful; withered

Synonyms for "sterile":

unfertile; infertile; barren; sterilized; sterilised; unfertilized; unfertilised; unimpregnated; unfruitful; impotent; unproductive
aseptic; antiseptic
unimaginative; uninspired; uninventive; uncreative

Antonyms for "sterile":

fertile

Related Definitions for "sterile":

deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention¹
- a sterile ideology lacking in originality¹
incapable of reproducing¹
free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms¹
- a sterile operating area¹

Wiktionary Translations for sterile:

sterile

adjective

unable to reproduce
- sterile → stérile

sterile

adjective

Incapable de se reprodure (1)
- stérile → sterile; barren
qui ne produit rien de lui-même, qui manque d’invention
- stérile → sterile; fruitless

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• sterile	→ stérile	↔ steril — Medizin: ohne Krankheitskeime
• sterile	→ stérile	↔ steril — Medizin, Biologie; nur als Adjektiv: unfähig, fortpflanzen
• sterile	→ stérile	↔ steril — übertragen: geistig unfruchtbar; von der Wirkung her kalt und abweisend

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