agriculture

English

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Etymology

Borrowing from Latin agricultura, from ager (“field”) + cultura (“cultivation”). See acre, and culture.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæɡɹɪˌkʌltʃə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæɡɹɪˌkʌltʃɚ/

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Noun

agriculture (plural agricultures)

1. The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock

Related terms

• agricultural
• agriculturist

• agroponics
• terraponics

Translations

the art or science of cultivating the ground

• Afrikaans: landbou
• Albanian: agrikulturë f
• Arabic: زِرَاعَة‎‎ f (zirāʿa), فِلَاحَة‎‎ f (filāḥa)

  Egyptian Arabic: زراعة‎‎ f (zerāʿa)

• Armenian: գյուղատնտեսություն (hy) (gyułatntesutʿyun)
• Asturian: agricultura f
• Aymara: yapuchawi
• Azerbaijani: kənd təsərrüfatı, əkinçilik
• Bambara: sɛnɛkɛ
• Banyumasan: ꦥꦼꦂꦠꦤꦶꦲꦤ꧀ (pertanian)
• Bashkir: ауыл хужалығы (awïl xužalïğï)
• Basque: nekazaritza (eu)
• Belarusian: се́льская гаспада́рка f (sjélʹskaja haspadárka), земляро́бства n (zjemljaróbstva), агракульту́ра f (ahrakulʹtúra)
• Bengali: কৃষিকার্য (kriśikarj), ক্ষেত্রকর্ম (kkhetrôkôrm), কৃষি (kriśi), খেতি (kheti)
• Bikol Central: pag-ooma
• Bole: mara
• Bulgarian: се́лско стопа́нство n (sélsko stopánstvo)
• Burmese: စိုက်ပျိုးရေး (my) (cuikpyui:re:)
• Catalan: agricultura (ca) f
• Cherokee: ᏗᎦᎶᎪᏗ (digalogodi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 農業 (zh), 农业 (zh) (nóngyè)

  Min Nan: 農業 (zh-min-nan), 农业 (lông-gia̍p)

• Chuvash: ял хуҫалӑхӗ (jal huśalăhĕ)
• Coptic: ⲙⲉⲛⲧⲟⲩⲱⲓ f (mentouōi)
• Czech: zemědělství (cs) n
• Danish: landbrug (da)
• Dutch: landbouw (nl) f
• Esperanto: agrikulturo
• Estonian: põllumajandus
• Faroese: landbúnaður m, n
• Finnish: maanviljely (fi)
• French: agriculture (fr) f
• Gagauz: ekincilik
• Galician: agricultura (gl) f
• Georgian: სოფლის მეურნეობა (soplis meurneoba), სასოფლო-სამეურნეო საქმიანობა (sasoplo-sameurneo sakmianoba), მიწათმოქმედება (mic̣atmokmedeba), აგრიკულტურა (agriḳulṭura)
• German: Landwirtschaft (de) f, Ackerbau (de) m
• Greek: γεωργία (el) f (georgía)
• Greenlandic: nunaateqarneq
• Guaraní: ñemitỹ
• Hausa: noma (ha)
• Hebrew: חַקְלָאוּת‎‎ (he) f (khakla'ut)
• Hindi: कृषि (hi) f (kŕṣi), खेती (hi) f (khetī), कृषिकर्म (hi) (kŕṣikarma)
• Hungarian: mezőgazdaság (hu)
• Icelandic: landbúnaður (is) m, jarðyrkja (is) f
• Ido: agrokultivo (io)
• Indonesian: pertanian (id)
• Inuktitut: ᐱᕈᕐᓰᓂᖅ ᓂᐅᕐᕈᑎᒃᓴᓕᐊᕆᓪᓗᒋᑦ (pirursiiniq niurrutiksaliarillugit)
• Irish: talmhaíocht f
• Italian: agricoltura (it) f
• Japanese: 農業 (ja) (のうぎょう, nōgyō)
• Javanese: ꦠꦼꦠꦤꦺꦤ꧀ (jv) (tetanèn), ꦥꦼꦂꦠꦤꦶꦲꦤ꧀ (pertanian)
• Kazakh: ауыл шаруашылығы (kk) (awıl şarwaşılığı)
• Khmer: កសិកម្ម (km) (ka’se’kam), កសិកម្ម (km) (kɑɑsəkmmɔɔ)
• Korean: 농업 (ko) (nong-eop) (農業 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: کشتوکاڵ‎‎ (kishtukal)

• Kyrgyz: айыл чарба (ayıl çarba), айыл чарбасы (ayıl çarbası)
• Lao: ກະສິກຳ (lo) (ka si kam)
• Latin: agricultura f
• Latvian: lauksaimniecība f
• Lezgi: хуьруьн майишат (χürün majišat)
• Lithuanian: žemės ūkis
• Macedonian: земјо́делство n (zemjódelstvo), полјо́делство n (poljódelstvo)
• Malay: pertanian
• Malayalam: കൃഷി (ml) (kr̥ṣi)
• Maltese: agrikoltura f
• Maori: ahuwhenua
• Mongolian: хөдөө аж ахуй (hödöö až ahuj)
• Nahuatl: mīllahcayōtl
• Norman: agritchultuthe f (Jersey), agritchulteure f (continental Normandy)
• North Marquesan: faʻaʻapu
• Norwegian: landbruk (no) n, jordbruk (no) n
• Oriya: କୃଷି (or) (kruṣi)
• Ottoman Turkish: زراعت‎‎ (zirâ’at)
• Persian: کشاورزی‎‎ (fa) (kešâvarzi)
• Polish: rolnictwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: agricultura (pt) f
• Quechua: allpa llamk'ay
• Romanian: agricultură (ro) f
• Russian: се́льское хозя́йство (ru) n (sélʹskoje xozjájstvo), земле́делие (ru) n (zemlédelije), агрокульту́ра (ru) f (agrokulʹtúra), фе́рмерство (ru) n (férmerstvo) (farming), агрикульту́ра (ru) f (agrikulʹtúra)
• Rusyn: польногоспода́рство n (polʹnohospodárstvo)
• Scots: agricultur
• Scottish Gaelic: àiteachas m
• Serbo-Croatian: пољопрѝвреда f, poljoprìvreda (sh) f, рата́рство n, ratárstvo (sh) f, земљорадња f, zemljoradnja (sh) f, пољоделство n poljodelstvo n (Ekavian), пољодјелство n poljodjelstvo (sh) n (Ijekavian)
• Shona: kurima
• Silesian: bauerstwo n
• Sinhalese: කෘෂිකර්මය (kṛṣikarmaya)
• Slovak: poľnohospodárstvo n
• Slovene: poljedelstvo (sl)
• Somali: beeraha
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: ratarstwo n

• Sotho: temo
• Spanish: agricultura (es) f
• Sundanese: ᮒᮒᮔᮦᮔ᮪ (tatanén)
• Swahili: kilimo (sw)
• Swedish: jordbruk (sv) n
• Tagalog: dalubsakahan, sakahan, pagsasaka, agrikultura (tl)
• Tajik: кишоварзӣ (tg) (kišovarzī)
• Tatar: авыл хуҗалыгы (awıl xucalığı)
• Telugu: వ్యవసాయం (te) (vyavasāyaṃ)
• Thai: เกษตรกรรม (th) (gà-sèet-dtrà-gam), กสิกรรม (th) (gà-sì-gam)
• Tibetan: སོ་ནམ། (so nam)
• Turkish: tarım (tr), ekincilik (tr)
• Turkmen: ekerançylyk, oba hojalygy
• Ukrainian: сі́льське господа́рство n (sílʹsʹke hospodárstvo), землеро́бство n (zemleróbstvo), агрикульту́ра (uk) f (ahrykulʹtúra)
• Urdu: زراعت‎‎ f (zirā'at)
• Uzbek: qishloq xoʻjaligi
• Vietnamese: nông nghiệp (vi) (農業)
• Voro: põllumajandus
• Waray-Waray: pag-uma
• Yiddish: לאַנדווירטשאַפֿט‎‎ (landvirtshaft)

See also

• tillage; husbandry; farming.

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French

Etymology

From agri- +‎ -culture, or borrowed from Latin agricultura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡʁi.kyl.tyʁ/

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Noun

agriculture f (plural agricultures)

1. agriculture

Related terms

• agricole
• agriculteur
• agro-
• agronomie

Further reading

• “agriculture” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• agriculteur

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Middle French

Noun

agriculture f (uncountable)

1. agriculture