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Haettu sana löytyi näillä lähdekielillä:
| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|
| bulgaria | безплоден, ялов, пустош, неплодороден |
| espanja | estéril, infértil, yermo, baldío |
| esperanto | malfekunda, senfrukta |
| hollanti | onvruchtbaar, steriel, bar |
| italia | infertile, sterile, infruttifero, brullo, desolato |
| kreikka | άκαρπος (ákarpos), άγονος (ágonos) |
| latina | sterilis, iēiūnus |
| portugali | árido, estéril, infértil |
| ranska | aride, stérile, chauve |
| ruotsi | ödemark, ofruktbar, ödeland, karg, steril, ofruktsam |
| saksa | steril, Ödland, Öde, Kargland, unfruchtbar, dürr, trocken, kahl, karg, vertrocknet, ausgetrocknet, ausgedörrt |
| suomi | steriili, maho, hedelmätön, karu, aavikkoinen, ankara, paljas |
| tanska | gold |
| tšekki | neplodný |
| unkari | meddő, terméketlen |
| venäjä | пу́стошь (pústoš), беспло́дный (besplódnyi), неплодоро́дный (neplodoródnyi), бесплодный (besplodnyi) |
Määritelmät
Adjektiivi
- (of people and animals, not comparable) Not bearing children, childless; hence also unable to bear children, sterile.
- (of plants, not comparable) Not bearing seed or fruit.
- (of places) Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation; desert, waste.
- (with of) Devoid, lacking.
- Devoid of interest or attraction, poor, bleak.
- Unproductive, fruitless, unprofitable; empty, hollow, vain.
- Mentally dull or unproductive; stupid or intellectually fallow.
Substantiivi
- An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.
- (usually in the plural) In particular, a usually elevated and flat expanse of land that only supports the growth of small trees and shrubs, and sometimes mosses or heathers, berries, and other marshy or moory vegetation, but little agriculture and few people.
Esimerkit
- I silently wept as my daughter's husband rejected her. What would she do now that she was no longer a maiden but also barren?
- barren mountain tracts
- The druids [...] believed that mistletoe could make barren animals fecund, and that it was an antidote to all poisons.
- As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.
- brilliant but barren reveries
- Some schemes will appear barren of hints and matter.
- Rooney had been suffered a barren spell for England with only one goal in 15 games but he was in no mood to ignore the gifts on offer in front of an increasingly subdued Bulgarian support.
- Set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too.
- The pine barrens are a site lonely enough to suit any hermit.
- barren landscape
- The queen was barren, leaving the kingdom with no heir.
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