agriculture

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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.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæɡɹɪˌkʌltʃə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæɡɹɪˌkʌlt͡ʃɚ/

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• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪɡɹɪˌkʌlt͡ʃɚ/

agriculture (countable and uncountable, plural agricultures)

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

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

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

• agriculteur

agriculture f (uncountable)

1. agriculture