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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Prolific \Pro*lif"ic\, a. [F. prolifique, fr. L. proles
     offspring (from pro for, forward + the root of alere to
     nourish) + facere to make. See Adult, Old, and Fact.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Having the quality of generating; producing young or
        fruit; generative; fruitful; productive; -- applied to
        plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.; --
        usually with the implied idea of frequent or numerous
        production; as, a prolific tree, female, and the like.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Serving to produce; fruitful of results; active; as, a
        prolific brain; a controversy prolific of evil.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Bot.) Proliferous.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Prolific \Pro*lif"ic\, a. [F. prolifique, fr. L. proles
     offspring (from pro for, forward + the root of alere to
     nourish) + facere to make. See Adult, Old, and Fact.]
     1. Having the quality of generating; producing young or
        fruit; generative; fruitful; productive; -- applied to
        plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.; --
        usually with the implied idea of frequent or numerous
        production; as, a prolific tree, female, and the like.
  
     2. Serving to produce; fruitful of results; active; as, a
        prolific brain; a controversy prolific of evil.
  
     3. (Bot.) Proliferous.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  prolific
       adj 1: intellectually productive; "a prolific writer"; "a fecund
              imagination" [syn: fecund, fertile]
       2: bearing in abundance especially offspring; "flying foxes are
          extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree" [syn: fertile]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  prolific
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 παραγωγικός
     2 γόνιμος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  prolific
     Romanian a.
     (l en prolific)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  prolific
     a.
     1 fertile; producing offspring or fruit in abundance — applied to
  plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.
     2 Similarly producing results or performing deeds in abundance

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  prolific
     Romanian a.
     (l en prolific)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  prolific
     a.
     1 fertile; producing offspring or fruit in abundance — applied to
  plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.
     2 Similarly producing results or performing deeds in abundance

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  prolific
     Englanti a.
     1 satoisa, tuottoisa (esim. hedelmäpuu)
     2 tuottelias, tuottoisa (esim. kirjailija)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  prolific
     Engelska a.
     1 fertil, med förmåga att producera ett överflöd av avkomma eller
  gröda
     2 produktiv, som ger resultat eller arbetar i överflöd

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Prolific /pɹəlˈɪfɪk/
  منتج

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  prolific //ˌpɹoʊˈlɪf.ɪk// //ˌpɹəˈlɪf.ɪk// 
  1. плодороден
  Fertile, producing offspring or fruit in great abundance
  2. продуктивен
  Similarly producing results or works in abundance

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  prolific /pɹəlˈɪfɪk/ 
  plodný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  prolific /pɹəlˈɪfɪk/ 
  produktivní

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  prolific /pɹəlˈɪfɪk/ 
  hojný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  prolific /pɹəlˈɪfɪk/
  fruchtbar, sich stark vermehrend  [biol.]
        "a prolific breed"  - eine fruchtbare Rasse
           Note: producing many offspring

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  prolific /pɹəlˈɪfɪk/
  reichhaltig/im Übermaß vorhanden, stark verbreitet, üppig, opulent, abundant  [geh.]
        "Mahogany was once abundant/prolific in the tropical forests."  - Mahagoni war einst im tropischen Urwald stark verbreitet / reichhaltig vorhanden.
     Synonym: abundant
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  prolific /pɹəlˈɪfɪk/
  schaffensfroh, sehr produktiv  [art]
           Note: Schriftsteller, Künstler
           Note: writer, artist

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  prolific /pɹəlˈɪfɪk/
  haltig  [min.]
           Note: Lagerstättenkunde

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  prolific //ˌpɹoʊˈlɪf.ɪk// //ˌpɹəˈlɪf.ɪk// 
  1. hedelmällinen, satoisa
  Fertile, producing offspring or fruit in great abundance
  2. tuottelias, tuottoisa
  Similarly producing results or works in abundance

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  prolific /pɹəlˈɪfɪk/ 
  1. बहुफलदायक
        "Farmers are now adopting package approach to the prolific harvest."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  prolific /pɹəlˈɪfɪk/
  koji obiluj, obilan, plodan

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  prolific /pɹəlˈɪfɪk/
  1. bôvelkedô
  2. bôségesen termô
  3. termékeny
  4. burjánzó
  5. dúslakodó
  6. szapora

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  prolific //ˌpɹoʊˈlɪf.ɪk// //ˌpɹəˈlɪf.ɪk// 
  suksessrik
  Similarly producing results or works in abundance

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  prolific /prəˈlɪfɪk/ 
    płodny

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  prolific //ˌpɹoʊˈlɪf.ɪk// //ˌpɹəˈlɪf.ɪk// 
  produktiv
  Similarly producing results or works in abundance

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  prolific /pɹəlˈɪfɪk/
  1. doğurgan
  2. mahsuldar, bereketli
  3. verimli, semereli. prolifically  verimli olarak, bereketli surette.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/pɹoʊˈɫɪfɪk/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  86 Moby Thesaurus words for "prolific":
     abounding, abundant, alive with, blooming, bounteous, bountiful,
     breeding, bristling, bursting, bursting out, conceptive,
     conceptual, copious, crawling, creative, crowded, crowding,
     diffuse, diffusive, effusive, esemplastic, extravagant, exuberant,
     fecund, fertile, flourishing, formless, fructiferous, fruitful,
     generous, germinal, gushing, gushy, ideational, ideative,
     imaginative, in profusion, ingenious, inspired, inventive,
     jam-packed, jammed, lavish, lush, luxuriant, notional, original,
     originative, overflowing, packed, plenteous, plentiful, pleonastic,
     populous, pregnant, prodigal, productive, profuse, profusive,
     proliferating, proliferous, propagating, redundant, reiterative,
     repetitive, reproducing, reproductive, rich, rife, seminal,
     shaping, spawning, studded, superabundant, swarming, tautologous,
     teeming, thick, thick as hail, thick with, thick-coming, thriving,
     thronged, thronging, uberous, visioned
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 生子的,结果实的,多产的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 生子的,结果实的,多产的,丰富的

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