agronomy

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

agronomy (countable and uncountable, plural agronomies)

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

agronomic
agronomist

Translations

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

Albanian: agronomi (sq) f
Arabic: عِلْم الزِرَاعَة‎ m (ʿilm az-zirāʿa)
Armenian: ագրոնոմիա (hy) (agronomia), գյուղատնտեսություն (hy) (gyułatntesutʿyun)
Azerbaijani: aqronomiya
Belarusian: аграно́мія f (ahranómija)
Bengali: কৃষিতত্ত্ব (kŕṣit‌ôttẇ)
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 f
Greek: αγρονομία (el) f (agronomía)
Hebrew: אַגְרוֹנוֹמְיָה‎ (he) f (agronómiya)
Hindi: सस्यविज्ञान m (sasyavigyān)
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
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 (barzšinosī), агрономия (agronomiya)
Tatar: агрономия (ağronomiya)
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)