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agronomist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /əˈɡɹɒnəmɪst/
  • US: /əˈɡɹɑːnəmɪst/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 G R AA1 N AH0 M IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A scientist whose speciality is agronomy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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
Real reading context

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