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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agricultura, from ager (“field”) + cultura (“cultivation”). See acre and culture.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æ????k?lt??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æ????k?lt??/

Noun

agriculture (plural agricultures)

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

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French

Etymology

From agri- +? culture, or borrowed from Latin agricultura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.??i.kyl.ty?/

Noun

agriculture f (plural agricultures)

1. agriculture

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Further reading

• “agriculture” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• agriculteur

Middle French

Noun

agriculture f (uncountable)

1. agriculture

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English *thwait, a borrowing from Old Norse þveit (“paddock”). Compare Old Norse þveita (“to hurl”) (see whittle), Danish døjt (“¹?₁₆₀ of the gulden”, dialectal: “a small coin”), German Deut, Dutch duit. Cognate with Old English þw?tan (“to thwite; cut; cut off”). Doublet of doit, and possibly of twat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?we?t/

Noun

thwaite (plural thwaites)

1. (archaic) A piece of forest land cleared for agriculture or habitation; a clearing; assart

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• thwite

Etymology 2

Noun

thwaite (plural thwaites)

1. Alternative form of twaite

Anagrams

• waiteth