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agronomy

/əˈɡɹɒnəmi/US/əˈɡɹɑːnəmi/

agronomy noun: the science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, fiber, etc.

Noun

agronomy (countable and uncountable, plural agronomies)

  1. The science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, fiber, etc.
    • Near-synonym: husbandry
    Synonyms:
    husbandry

agronomy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Tagalog

agronomy in Hindi

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

agronomy in Tamil

உழவியல், பயிராக்கவியல், உழவுச் சூழலியல், ஊரகப் பொருளாதாரம், நாட்டுப்புறப் பொருளியல் வாழ்வு, கிராமப்பொருளாதாரம்

agronomy in Bengali

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

agronomy in Tagalog

science of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
palataniman, agronomiya
More languagesFewer languages
agronomy in Arabic
عِلْم الزِرَاعَة ʕilm az-zirāʕa
agronomy in Malay
agronomi
agronomy in Indonesian
agronomi
agronomy in Persian
برزشناسی barzšenâsi
agronomy in Thai
เกษตรศาสตร์ gà-sèet-dtrà-sàat
agronomy in Vietnamese
nông học

Synonyms of agronomy

Forms of agronomy

pluralagronomies

Origin of agronomy

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

Words formed from agronomy

Words that rhyme with agronomy

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Questions about agronomy

What does agronomy mean?
Agronomy means the science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, fiber, etc.
What is agronomy in Hindi?
Agronomy in Hindi is सस्यविज्ञान (sasyavijñān). See Agronomy meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is agronomy?
Agronomy is a noun.
How do you pronounce agronomy?
Agronomy is pronounced /əˈɡɹɒnəmi/ (UK).
What is the plural of agronomy?
The plural of agronomy is agronomies.

Words near agronomy in the dictionary

  1. agronomics
  2. agronomies
  3. agronomist
  4. agronomists
  5. Agronomovca
  6. agronomy
  7. agronym
  8. agropark
  9. agroparks
  10. agropastoral
  11. agropastoralism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: agronomy (page history and authors); agronomy (Tamil 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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