agriculture
Syllables: ag·ri·cul·ture/ˈæɡ.ɹɪˌkʌl.t͡ʃə//ˈæɡ.ɹɪˌkʌl.t͡ʃɚ/
agriculture noun: the art or science of cultivating the ground, including the growing and harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock.
Noun
agriculture (countable and uncountable, plural agricultures)
- The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the growing and harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock.
- Meronyms: tillage, cropping
- Near-synonym: husbandry
agriculture meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
agriculture in Hindi
- the art or science of cultivating the ground
- कृषि kŕṣi, खेती khetī, कृषिकर्म kŕṣikarm
agriculture in Tamil
- வேளாண்மை, வெள்ளாண்மை, உழவு, உழவாண்மை
agriculture in Urdu
- the art or science of cultivating the ground
- زِرَاعَت zirā'at, کاشْت کاری kāśt kārī, فَلاحَت falāhat, حِراثَت hirāsat
agriculture in Bengali
- the art or science of cultivating the ground
- কৃষিকার্য kriśikarjo, কৃষি kriśi, খেতি kheti, জেরাত jerat
More languagesFewer languages
- agriculture in Telugu
- వ్యవసాయం vyavasāyaṁ
- agriculture in Malayalam
- കൃഷി kr̥ṣi
- agriculture in Kannada
- ಸಾಗುವಳಿ, ಆರಂಬ, ಬೇಸಾಯ, ಹೊಲಗೆಯ್ಮೆ
- agriculture in Punjabi
- ਖੇਤੀਬਾੜੀ khetībāṛī
- agriculture in Gujarati
- ખેતી khetī
- agriculture in Odia
- କୃଷି kruṣi
- agriculture in Sanskrit
- कृषिकर्मन् kṛṣikarman, कृषि kṛṣi
- agriculture in Sinhala
- කෘෂිකර්මය kr̥ṣikarmaya
- agriculture in Pashto
- کرنه karᶕna, زراعت zərā'at, فلاحت falāhat
- agriculture in Tagalog
- agrikultura
- agriculture in Arabic
- زِرَاعَة zirāʕa, فِلَاحَة filāḥa
- agriculture in Malay
- pertanian
- agriculture in Indonesian
- pertanian
- agriculture in Thai
- เกษตรกรรม gà-sèet-dtrà-gam, กสิกรรม gà-sì-gam
- agriculture in Vietnamese
- nông nghiệp
- agriculture in Myanmar
- စိုက်ပျိုးရေး cuikpyui:re:
Examples of agriculture in a sentence
- The province's traditional slash-and-burn agriculture was only sustainable with a much smaller population.
- Leptosols are unattractive soils for rainfed agriculture because of their inability to hold water.
- They work for the ministry of agriculture.
Synonyms of agriculture
Forms of agriculture
| plural | agricultures |
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Origin of agriculture
From Middle English agriculture, partly from Middle French agriculture and partly from its etymon Latin agricultūra, from ager (“field”) + cultūra (“cultivation”). See acre and culture.
Words formed from agriculture
Questions about agriculture
- What does agriculture mean?
- Agriculture means the art or science of cultivating the ground, including the growing and harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock.
- What is agriculture in Hindi?
- Agriculture in Hindi is कृषि (kŕṣi), खेती (khetī), कृषिकर्म (kŕṣikarm). See Agriculture meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is agriculture?
- Agriculture is a noun.
- How do you pronounce agriculture?
- Agriculture is pronounced /ˈæɡ.ɹɪˌkʌl.t͡ʃə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of agriculture?
- The plural of agriculture is agricultures.
Words near agriculture in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: agriculture (page history and authors); agriculture (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); agriculture (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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