agriculture

English

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Etymology

Borrowed 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)

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 (af)
Albanian: agrokulturë f
Amharic: የርሻ ተግባር (yärša tägbar)
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 (kriṣikarjô), ক্ষেত্রকর্ম (kkhetrôkôrm), কৃষি (kriṣi), 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:
Dungan: щёнҗяхў (xi͡onži͡ahw)

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) n, jordbrug (da) n
Dutch: landbouw (nl) f
Esperanto: agrikulturo, terkulturo (eo)
Estonian: põllumajandus
Faroese: landbúnaður m, jarðarbrúk 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)
Ancient: γεωργία f (geōrgía)
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)
Interlingue: agricultura
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) (kaʾsekam)
Korean: 농업 (ko) (nong-eop) (農業 (ko))
Kurdish:
Sorani: کشتوکاڵ‎ (ku) (kiştukall)
Kyrgyz: айыл чарба (ky) (ayıl çarba), айыл чарбасы (ky) (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
Occitan: agricultura (oc) f
Oriya: କୃଷି (or) (kruṣi)
Ottoman Turkish: زراعت‎ (zirâ’at)
Pali: kasikamma
Pashto: کرنه‎ f (karᶕna)
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)
Sanskrit: कृषिकर्मन् (sa) n (kṛṣikarman), कृषि (sa) f (kṛṣi)
Scots: agricultur
Scottish Gaelic: àiteachas m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пољопрѝвреда f, рата́рство n, земљора́дња f, пољоде́лство n (Ekavian), пољодје́лство n (Ijekavian)

Roman: poljoprìvreda (sh) f, ratárstvo (sh) n, zemljorádnja (sh) f, poljodélstvo n (Ekavian), poljodjélstvo (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: сільське́ господа́рство n (silʹsʹké hospodárstvo), землеро́бство n (zemleróbstvo), агрикульту́ра (uk) f (ahrykulʹtúra)
Urdu: زراعت‎ f (zirā'at)
Uyghur: يېزا ئىكىلىكى‎ (yëza ikiliki)
Uzbek: qishloq xoʻjaligi
Vietnamese: nông nghiệp (vi) (農業)
Voro: põllumajandus
Waray-Waray: pag-uma
Yiddish: לאַנדווירטשאַפֿט‎ (landvirtshaft)

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)

agriculture

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Anagrams

agriculteur

Middle French

Noun

agriculture f (uncountable)

agriculture

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