agriculture

From Middle English agriculture, partly from Middle French agriculture and partly from its etymon Latin agricultūra,^[1] from ager (“field”) + cultūra (“cultivation”). See acre and culture.

• IPA^(key): /ˈæɡ.ɹɪˌkʌl.tʃəɹ/

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• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.ɡɹɪˌkʌl.tʃəɹ/
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˌəɡ.rɪˌkəl.tʃər/

agriculture (countable and uncountable, plural agricultures)

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

   Alternative form: ag (clipping)

   Synonym: farming

   Meronyms: tillage, cropping

   Near-synonym: husbandry

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

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡʁi.kyl.tyʁ/

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agriculture f (plural agricultures)

1. agriculture

• agriculture de subsistance

• Haitian Creole: agrikilti
• Mauritian Creole: lagrikiltir

• “agriculture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• agriculteur

agriculture f (uncountable)

1. agriculture