French Conversation · Level 76
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French word
fécondation
Pronunciation
IPA/fekɔ̃dasjɔ̃/
Meaning
- feminine nounfertilization
Example
On a expliqué la fécondation aux élèves de la classe.
The students in the class were taught about fertilization.
More examples
Ils ont demandé des détails sur la fécondation au médecin.
They asked the doctor for details about fertilization.
Core concept
A sperm cell reaches and enters an ovum, starting the first stage of a new organism.
Similar words
conception: The beginning of pregnancy that occurs after fertilization.
grossesse: The period during which a fetus grows inside the uterus.
Definition in French
Fait biologique où un spermatozoïde pénètre un ovule et initie la formation d'un nouvel organisme.
Word origin
Fécondation comes from French féconder with the suffix -ation, ultimately linked to Latin fecundare, 'to make fertile'.
Usage tips
- Fécondation is a feminine noun, so the usual article is la, as in la fécondation.
Related words
- féconderfertilizeverb
- fécondéfertilizedadjective