noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/əˈɡɹɒnəmɪst/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A scientist whose speciality is agronomy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
an expert in soil management and field-crop production
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expert
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English agronomy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English agronomist From agronomy + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
69 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
agronom
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Armenian:
գյուղատնտես
(gyuġatntes)
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Armenian:
ագրոնոմ
(agronom)
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Azerbaijani:
aqronom
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Belarusian:
аграно́м
(ahranóm)
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Belarusian:
аграно́мка
(ahranómka)
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Bulgarian:
агроно́м
(agronóm)
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Bulgarian:
агроно́мка
(agronómka)
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Catalan:
agrònom
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Chinese Mandarin:
農業家 /农业家
(nóngyèjiā)
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Chinese Mandarin:
農學家 /农学家
(nóngxuéjiā)
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Chinese Mandarin:
農藝師 /农艺师
(nóngyìshī)
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Czech:
agronom
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Czech:
agronomka
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Danish:
agronom
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Dutch:
agronoom
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Esperanto:
agronomo
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Esperanto:
agronomiisto
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Estonian:
agronoom
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Faroese:
búnaðarfrøðingur
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Finnish:
agronomi
— scientist specialized in agronomy
French:
agronome
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Georgian:
აგრონომი
(agronomi)
— scientist specialized in agronomy
German:
Agronom
— scientist specialized in agronomy
German:
Agronomin
— scientist specialized in agronomy
German:
Agraringenieur
— scientist specialized in agronomy
German:
Agraringenieurin
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Greek:
αγρονόμος
(agronómos)
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Greek:
γεωπόνος
(geopónos)
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Hungarian:
mezőgazdász
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Hungarian:
agronómus
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Italian:
agronomo
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Italian:
agronoma
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Japanese:
農学者
(nōgakusha)
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Kazakh:
агроном
(agronom)
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Khmer:
ក្សេត្រវិទ
(kseetraʼvɨt)
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Korean:
농학자
(nonghakja)
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Kyrgyz:
агроном
(agronom)
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Latvian:
agronoms
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Lithuanian:
agronomas
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Macedonian:
агроно́м
(agronóm)
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Macedonian:
агроно́мка
(agronómka)
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Norwegian Bokmål:
agronom
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Polish:
agronom
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Polish:
agronomka
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Brazilian Portuguese:
agrônomo
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Brazilian Portuguese:
agrônoma
— scientist specialized in agronomy
European Portuguese:
agrónomo
— scientist specialized in agronomy
European Portuguese:
agrónoma
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Romanian:
agronom
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Romanian:
agronomă
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Russian:
агроно́м
(agronóm)
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Russian:
агроно́мша
(agronómša)
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Serbo-Croatian:
агро̀ном
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Serbo-Croatian:
agrònom
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Slovak:
agronóm
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Slovak:
agronómka
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Slovene:
agronom
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Slovene:
agronomka
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Spanish:
agrónomo
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Swedish:
agronom
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Tajik:
агроном
(agronom)
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Tatar:
агроном
(ağronom)
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Turkish:
agronom
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Turkmen:
agronom
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Ukrainian:
агроно́м
(ahronóm)
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Ukrainian:
агроно́мка
(ahronómka)
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Uzbek:
agronom
— scientist specialized in agronomy
Vietnamese:
nhà nông học
— scientist specialized in agronomy