ag·ri·cul·ture

(ăg′rĭ-kŭl′chər)

The science, art, and business of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock; farming.

[Middle English, from Latin agrīcultūra : agrī, genitive of ager, field; see agro- in Indo-European roots + cultūra, cultivation; see culture.]

ag′ri·cul′tur·al adj.

ag′ri·cul′tur·al·ly adv.

ag′ri·cul′tur·ist, ag′ri·cul′tur·al·ist n.

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Adj.	1.	agricultural - relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming; "agricultural engineering"; "modern agricultural (or farming) methods"; "agricultural (or farm) equipment"; "an agricultural college"
	2.	agricultural - relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities" agrarian, farming rural - living in or characteristic of farming or country life; "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural"

agricultural

adjective farming, country, rural, rustic, agrarian, agronomic, agronomical, agrestic traditional agricultural societies

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Translations

زِرَاعِيزِرَاعِيّ

zemědělský

landbrugs-jordbrugs-

landwirtschaftlich

γεωργικός

agrícola

maatalous-

agricole agronomique agraire

poljoprivredni

mezőgazdasági

landbúnaîar-, jarîyrkju-

agricolo agrario

農業の

농업의

аграрный агрономический сельский сельскохозяйственный

kmetijski

jordbruks-

ที่เกี่ยวกับเกษตรกรรม

tarımsalziraî

thuộc nông nghiệp

农业的

agricultural

[ˌægrɪˈkʌltʃərəl]

A. ADJ → agrícola

B. CPD agricultural college N → escuela f de agricultura
agricultural expert N → perito/a m/f agrónomo/a
agricultural show N → feria f agrícola or de campo
agricultural subsidy N → subvención f agrícola

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agricultural

[ˌægrɪˈkʌltʃərəl] adj → agricoleagricultural run-off n → rejets mpl agricoles

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agricultural

adj produce, production, expert, tool etc → landwirtschaftlich; agricultural country → Agrarland nt; the agricultural country in the north → das landwirtschaftliche Gebiet im Norden; agricultural ministry → Landwirtschaftsministerium nt; agricultural market (in EU) → Agrarmarkt; agricultural nation → Agrarstaat m, → Agrarland nt; agricultural policy → Agrarpolitik f; agricultural reform → Agrarreform f; agricultural worker → Landarbeiter(in) m(f)

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agricultural

[ˌægrɪˈkʌltʃ/ər/əl] adj (gen) → agricolo/a; (college, studies) → agrario/a
agricultural expert → agronomo/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

agriculture

(ˈӕgrikaltʃə) noun

(the science of) the cultivation of land. He is studying agriculture.

ˌagriˈcultural adjective

agricultural

→ زِرَاعِيّ zemědělský landbrugs- landwirtschaftlich γεωργικός agrícola maatalous- agricole poljoprivredni agricolo 農業の 농업의 agrarisch landbruks- rolniczy agrícola сельскохозяйственный jordbruks- ที่เกี่ยวกับเกษตรกรรม tarımsal thuộc nông nghiệp 农业的

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agricultural

adj agrícola

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"For some time past I have been living in a flat, ugly, barren, agricultural district.

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Brooke, over the soup, in his easy smiling way, taking up Sir James Chettam's remark that he was studying Davy's Agricultural Chemistry.

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Haarlem, -- just as her neighbour, Leyden, became the centre of science, and her queen, Amsterdam, that of commerce, -- Haarlem preferred to be the agricultural, or, more strictly speaking, the horticultural metropolis.

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An exhibition of agricultural implements had been opened in the neighborhood, only two days since; and a public competition between rival machines was to be decided on the coming Monday.

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"The agricultural laborer leads an out-of-door life, and uses the strength that God has given to him.

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I was sure of launching the place in a very prosperous agricultural career, and of doubling the population, when once it had begun to work.

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Wednesday 's a holiday on account of Miss Dearborn's going home to her sister's wedding, and the Cobbs and Perkinses want to go down to the Agricultural Fair."

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