agronomy

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈɡɹɒnəmi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈɡɹɑːnəmi/
• Rhymes: -ɒnəmi

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.

   Synonym: husbandry

Hyponyms

• agrology (one sense)

Derived terms

• agronomial
• agronomic
• agronomist

 

Translations

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

• Albanian: agronomi (sq) f
• Arabic: عِلْم الزِرَاعَة m (ʕilm az-zirāʕa)
• Armenian: ագրոնոմիա (hy) (agronomia), գյուղատնտեսություն (hy) (gyuġatntesutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: aqronomiya
• Belarusian: аграно́мія f (ahranómija)
• Bengali: কৃষিতত্ত্ব (kriśitotto)
• Bulgarian: агроно́мство (agronómstvo), агроно́мия (bg) f (agronómija)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: agronomia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 農學／农学 (zh) (nóngxué)

• Czech: agronomie f
• Danish: agronomi (da) c
• Dutch: agronomie (nl) f
• Esperanto: agronomio
• Estonian: agronoomia
• Faroese: búnaðarfrøði f
• Finnish: agronomia (fi), maataloustiede (fi)
• French: agronomie (fr) f
• Galician: agronomía f
• Georgian: აგრონომია (agronomia), მიწათმოწყობა (mic̣atmoc̣q̇oba)
• German: Agronomie (de) f, Pflanzenbauwissenschaft f, Ackerbaukunde f, Landwirtschaft (de) f, Agrarökonomie (de) f
• Greek: αγρονομία (el) f (agronomía)
• Guaraní: ñũkuaaty
• Hebrew: אַגְרוֹנוֹמְיָה (he) f (agronómiya)
• Hindi: सस्यविज्ञान m (sasyavijñān)
• Hungarian: agrártudomány (hu)
• Icelandic: búfræði n
• Indonesian: agronomi (id)
• Irish: geilleagar talmhaíochta m
• Italian: agronomia (it) f
• Japanese: 農学 (ja) (のうがく, nōgaku)
• Kazakh: агрономия (agronomiä)
• Khmer: ក្សេត្រវិទ្យា (kseetraʼvityiə)
• Korean: 농학(農學) (ko) (nonghak)
• Kyrgyz: агрономия (ky) (agronomiya)
• Lao: ກະເສດຕະສາດ (ka sēt ta sāt), ກະເສດສາດ (ka sēt sāt)
• Latvian: agronomija f
• Lithuanian: agronomija (lt) f
• Macedonian: агрономија f (agronomija)
• Malay: agronomi (ms)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: агрономи (mn) (agronomi)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: agronomi (no) m

• Ottoman Turkish: چفتجیلك (çiftcilik)
• Persian: برزشناسی (fa) (barzšenâsi)
• Polish: agronomia (pl) f
• Portuguese: agronomia (pt) f
• Romanian: agronomie (ro) f
• Russian: агроно́мия (ru) f (agronómija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: агроно̀мија f

  Roman: agronòmija (sh) f

• Slovak: agronómia f
• Slovene: agronomija (sl) f
• Spanish: agronomía (es) f
• Swedish: agronomi (sv) c
• Tagalog: palataniman, agronomiya
• Tajik: барзшиносӣ (barzšinosi), агрономия (agronomiya)
• Tatar: агрономия (ağronomiyä)
• Thai: เกษตรศาสตร์ (th) (gà-sèet-dtrà-sàat)
• Turkish: agronomi (tr), tarım bilimi (tr)
• Turkmen: agronomiýa (tk)
• Ukrainian: агроно́мія (uk) f (ahronómija)
• Uyghur: ئاگرونومىيە (agronomiye)
• Uzbek: agronomiya (uz)
• Vietnamese: nông học (vi) (農學)
• Volapük: feilav (vo)
• Yiddish: אַגראָנאָמיע f (agronomye)

Further reading

• agronomy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “agronomy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “agronomy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “agronomy”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.