agricultural

English

Etymology

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Middle French agriculturebor.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros

Proto-Italic *agros

Latin ager

Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti

Proto-Italic *kʷelō

Latin colō

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?

Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?

Latin -tūra

Latin cultūra

Latin agricultūrabor.

Middle English agriculture

English agriculture

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English agricultural

From agriculture + -al.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæɡ.ɹɪˈkʌl.tjʊə.ɹəl/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæɡ.ɹɪˈkʌl.tʃə.ɹəl/
- Audio (US): (file)
(Indic) IPA^(key): /ˌəɡ.rɪˌkəl.tʃʊ.rəl/

Adjective

agricultural (comparative more agricultural, superlative most agricultural)

Of or pertaining to agriculture.
the agricultural class

an agricultural tool

agricultural show
- 1932, Dorothy L. Sayers, chapter XXII, in Have His Carcase:
  Mr. Weldon is considered to have a very good knowledge of animals, but to be somewhat ignorant or careless of the agricultural aspect of farming.
- 2004, Monty Armstrong, David Daniel, Abby Kanarek, Cracking the AP World History Exam, 2004-2005, The Princeton Review, page 328:
  The Neolithic Revolution (about 8000-3000 B.C.E.) was characterized by people moving from nomadic lifestyles to agricultural lifestyles.
(cricket) As if played with a scythe.
(UK, euphemistic, derogatory) Coarse or uncultured.
(UK, euphemistic, sports) Clumsy or tactless.

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Translations

of or pertaining to agriculture

Amharic: የእርሻ (yäʾrəša)
Arabic: زِرَاعِيّ (zirāʕiyy)
Armenian: գյուղատնտեսական (hy) (gyuġatntesakan)
Asturian: agrícola
Belarusian: сельскагаспада́рчы (sjelʹskahaspadárčy), агра́рны (ahrárny), зямляро́бскі (zjamljaróbski), ральнíчы (ralʹníčy), ро́льніцкі (rólʹnicki)
Bulgarian: селскостопа́нски (selskostopánski), земеде́лски (bg) (zemedélski)
Catalan: agrícola (ca) m or f
Czech: zemědělský (cs)
Danish: landbrugsmæssig
Esperanto: agrikultura
Finnish: maatalous-, maataloudellinen
French: agricole (fr)
Galician: agrícola (gl)
Georgian: სამიწათმოქმედო (samic̣atmokmedo), სასოფლო-სამეურნეო (sasoplo-sameurneo), ფერმერული (permeruli)
German: landwirtschaftlich (de), Landwirtschafts- (de) f, agrarisch (de)
Greek: γεωργικός (el) (georgikós)
Ancient Greek: γεωργικός (geōrgikós)
Hebrew: חַקְלָאִי (he) (khakla'í)
Hungarian: mezőgazdasági (hu)
Ido: agrokultiva (io), agrokultivala (io)
Irish: talmhaíoch
Italian: agricolo (it)
Kazakh: ауылшаруашылық (auylşaruaşylyq)
Macedonian: земјоделски (zemjodelski)
Māori: ahuwhenua
Norwegian:
Bokmål: landbruksmessig

Nynorsk: landbruksmessig
Occitan: agricòla (oc)
Polish: rolniczy (pl) m
Portuguese: agrícola (pt) m or f
Romanian: agricol (ro)
Russian: сельскохозя́йственный (ru) (selʹskoxozjájstvennyj), агра́рный (ru) (agrárnyj), земледе́льческий (ru) (zemledélʹčeskij)
Slovak: poľnohospodársky (sk)
Slovene: poljedelski
Spanish: agrícola (es)
Swedish: agrikulturell (sv), jordbruks- (sv), lantbruks- (sv)
Tagalog: sakahanin
Telugu: వ్యవసాయ (vyavasāya)
Turkish: zirai (tr)
Ukrainian: сільськогоспода́рський (uk) (silʹsʹkohospodársʹkyj), агра́рний (uk) (ahrárnyj), рільни́цький (rilʹnýcʹkyj), рільни́чий (rilʹnýčyj), землеро́бський (zemleróbsʹkyj)
Welsh: amaethyddol (cy)
Yiddish: אַגריקולטורעל (agrikulturel)

Noun

agricultural (plural agriculturals)

A product or commodity from agriculture.
- 2008, Adam Dunsby, John Eckstein, Jess Gaspar, Commodity Investing:
  In what follows we divide commodities into three group—energy, metals, and agriculturals—and use equity indexes that are sensible for each commodity group.