agronomy

English

Etymology

From French agronomie, from agronome (“agriculturist”), from Ancient Greek ἀγρός (agrós, “field”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”). Surface analysis agro- +‎ -nomy

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈɡɹɒnəmi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈɡɹɑːnəmi/

Noun

agronomy (countable and uncountable, 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: عِلْم الزِرَاعَة‎ m (ʿilm az-zirāʿa)
• Armenian: ագրոնոմիա (hy) (agronomia), գյուղատնտեսություն (hy) (gyułatntesutʿyun)
• Bulgarian: агроно́мство (agronómstvo)
• Catalan: agronomia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 農學 (zh), 农学 (zh) (nóngxué)

• Danish: agronomi (da) c
• Esperanto: agronomio
• Estonian: agronoomia
• Faroese: búnaðarfrøði f
• Finnish: agronomia (fi), maataloustiede (fi)
• French: agronomie (fr) f
• Georgian: აგრონომია (agronomia)
• German: Agronomie (de) f, Pflanzenbauwissenschaft f, Ackerbaukunde f, Landwirtschaft (de) f, Agrarökonomie f

• Greek: αγρονομία (el) f (agronomía)
• Japanese: 農学 (ja) (のうがく, nōgaku)
• Khmer: ក្សេត្រវិទ្យា (kseet vityie)
• Korean: 농학 (ko) (nonghak) (農學 (ko))
• Polish: agronomia (pl) f
• Portuguese: agronomia (pt) f
• Russian: агроно́мия (ru) f (agronómija)
• Spanish: agronomía (es) f
• Swedish: agronomi (sv)
• Tagalog: palataniman
• Turkish: agronomi (tr), tarım bilimi (tr)
• Vietnamese: nông học (vi) (農學)
• Volapük: feilav (vo)

Further reading

• agronomy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia