agronomy

English

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Etymology

From French agronomie, from agronome (“agriculturist”), from Ancient Greek ἀγρός (agrós, “field”) + νόμος (nomos, “law”).

Noun

agronomy (plural agronomies)

1. The science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, and fiber and more. To do this effectively and sustainably, agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, animal sciences and soil science.

Synonyms

• (science of using plants and animals): husbandry

Related terms

• agronomist

Translations

science of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more

Arabic: علم الزراعة (ar) (ʿilm al-zarāʿaya) m. Bulgarian: агрономство (bg) (agronómstvo) Chinese: Mandarin: 農學 (zh), 农学 (zh) (nóngxué) Esperanto: agronomio (eo) Estonian: agronoomia (et) Finnish: agronomia (fi) French: agronomie (fr) f. German: Agronomie (de) f., Pflanzenbauwissenschaft (de) f., Ackerbaukunde (de) f., Landwirtschaft (de) f., Agrarökonomie (de) f.

Greek: αγρονομία (el) (agronomía) f. Japanese: 農学 (ja) (のうがく, nōgaku) Khmer: ក្សេត្រវិទ្យា (km) Korean: 농학 (ko) (nonghak) (農學 (ko)) Polish: agronomia (pl) f. Russian: агрономия (ru) (agronómija) f. Spanish: agronomía (es) f. Swedish: agronomi (sv) Turkish: tarımbilim (tr), tarım bilimi (tr) Vietnamese: nông học (vi) (農學 (vi))