agronomy

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UK/əˈɡɹɒnəmi/US/əˈɡɹɑːnəmi/

noun

The science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, fiber, etc.

“Near-synonym: husbandry”

Similar
husbandryscientific agriculture
OriginFrench agronomie ← Ancient Greek ἀγρός →
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Meanings

nounagronomy (countable and uncountable, plural agronomies)

plural agronomies

  1. countableuncountableThe science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, fiber, etc.

    Near-synonym: husbandry

    Synonyms: husbandry

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, fiber, etc.

Similar
husbandry

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production

Similar
scientific agriculture
Broader
sciencescientific discipline
Also see
husbandry

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀγρός“field”
  2. Frenchagronomie
  3. Englishagronomy

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

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Translations

Arabic عِلْم الزِرَاعَة
  • عِلْم الزِرَاعَة (ʕilm az-zirāʕa)science of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Bengali কৃষিতত্ত্ব
  • কৃষিতত্ত্ব (kriśitotto)science of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Bulgarian агроно́мство, агроно́мия
  • агроно́мство (agronómstvo)science of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
  • агроно́мия (agronómija)science of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Catalan agronomia
  • agronomiascience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Chinese Mandarin 農學 /农学
  • 農學 /农学 (nóngxué)science of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Czech agronomie
  • agronomiescience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Danish agronomi
  • agronomiscience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Dutch agronomie
  • agronomiescience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Esperanto agronomio
  • agronomioscience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Estonian agronoomia
  • agronoomiascience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Finnish agronomia, maataloustiede
  • agronomiascience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
  • maataloustiedescience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
French agronomie
  • agronomiescience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
German Agronomie, Pflanzenbauwissenschaft
  • Agronomiescience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
  • Pflanzenbauwissenschaftscience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
  • Ackerbaukundescience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
  • Landwirtschaftscience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
  • Agrarökonomiescience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Greek αγρονομία
  • αγρονομία (agronomía)science of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Hebrew אַגְרוֹנוֹמְיָה
  • אַגְרוֹנוֹמְיָה (agronómiya)science of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Hindi सस्यविज्ञान
  • सस्यविज्ञान (sasyavijñān)science of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Hungarian agrártudomány
  • agrártudományscience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Icelandic búfræði
  • búfræðiscience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Indonesian agronomi
  • agronomiscience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Irish geilleagar talmhaíochta
  • geilleagar talmhaíochtascience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Italian agronomia
  • agronomiascience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Japanese 農学
  • 農学 (nōgaku)science of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Korean 농학
  • 농학 (nonghak)science of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Latvian agronomija
  • agronomijascience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Lithuanian agronomija
  • agronomijascience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Malay agronomi
  • agronomiscience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Norwegian Bokmål agronomi
  • agronomiscience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Persian برزشناسی
  • برزشناسی (barzšenâsi)science of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Polish agronomia
  • agronomiascience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Portuguese agronomia
  • agronomiascience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Romanian agronomie
  • agronomiescience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Russian агроно́мия
  • агроно́мия (agronómija)science of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Slovak agronómia
  • agronómiascience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Spanish agronomía
  • agronomíascience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Swedish agronomi
  • agronomiscience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Tagalog palataniman, agronomiya
  • palatanimanscience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
  • agronomiyascience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Thai เกษตรศาสตร์
  • เกษตรศาสตร์ (gà-sèet-dtrà-sàat)science of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Turkish agronomi, tarım bilimi
  • agronomiscience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
  • tarım bilimiscience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Ukrainian агроно́мія
  • агроно́мія (ahronómija)science of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Vietnamese nông học
  • nông họcscience of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more
Yiddish אַגראָנאָמיע
  • אַגראָנאָמיע (agronomye)science of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with agronomy

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Cite this entry
APA

agronomy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agronomy

MLA

“agronomy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agronomy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “agronomy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agronomy.

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