noun · 3 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.
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈfɑːmlænd/
US:/ˈfɑːɹmlænd/
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CMU ARPABET:F AA1 R M L AE2 N D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Land that is suitable for farming and agricultural production.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a rural area where farming is practiced
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: farming area
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: country, rural area
3
noun
Meaning 3
arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Etymology tree English farm Proto-Indo-European *lendh- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land English farmland From farm + land.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
أَرْض زِرَاعِيَّة
(ʔarḍ zirāʕiyya)
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Bengali:
খামার
(khamar)
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Chinese Mandarin:
農田 /农田
(nóngtián)
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Chinese Mandarin:
田地
(tiándì)
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Czech:
zemědělská půda
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Dutch:
akkerland
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Finnish:
viljelysmaa
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
French:
terres agricoles
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Galician:
agro
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
German:
Ackerland
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Greek:
αγρός
(agrós)
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Irish:
talamh feirme
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Japanese:
農地
(nōchi)
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Japanese:
畑地
(hatachi)
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Japanese:
田地
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Korean:
농경지
(nonggyeongji)
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Macedonian:
о́рница
(órnica)
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Macedonian:
ора́ница
(oránica)
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Māori:
whenua pāmu
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Quechua:
chakra
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Russian:
сельскохозя́йственное уго́дье
(selʹskoxozjájstvennoje ugódʹje)
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Russian:
фе́рмерское уго́дье
(férmerskoje ugódʹje)
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Russian:
па́хотная земля́
(páxotnaja zemljá)
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Spanish:
chacra
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Spanish:
chácara
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Spanish:
chagra
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Spanish:
pamba
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Spanish:
conuco
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Swedish:
jordbruksmark
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Swedish:
åkermark
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production
Welsh:
tir amaeth
— land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production