agricultor

See also: agricultôr and agricultör

English

Etymology

From Middle English agricultor, from Latin agricultor.

Noun

agricultor (plural agricultors)

1. (archaic) agriculturist, farmer

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agricultōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ɣɾi.kulˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ɣɾi.kulˈtoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ

Noun

agricultor m (plural agricultors, feminine agricultora)

1. farmer

Related terms

• agricultura

Further reading

• “agricultor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “agricultor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “agricultor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “agricultor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin agricultor.

Noun

agricultor m (plural agricultores)

1. farmer

Related terms

• agricultura

Further reading

• “agricultor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Latin

Alternative forms

• agrī cultor

Etymology

From agrī (“of the field”, genitive singular of ager) +‎ cultor (“cultivator”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.ɡriˈkul.tor/, [äɡrɪˈkʊɫ̪t̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.ɡriˈkul.tor/, [äɡriˈkul̪t̪or]

Noun

agricultor m (genitive agricultōris, feminine agricultrīx or agrī cultrīx); third declension

1. agriculturist, farmer, husbandman

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	agricultor	agricultōrēs
genitive	agricultōris	agricultōrum
dative	agricultōrī	agricultōribus
accusative	agricultōrem	agricultōrēs
ablative	agricultōre	agricultōribus
vocative	agricultor	agricultōrēs

Synonyms

• (farmer): agricola

Derived terms

• agricultōrius (New Latin)

Descendants

• → Catalan: agricultor
• → Galician: agricultor
• → Italian: agricoltore
• → Middle English: agricultor
  • English: agricultor
• → Middle French: agriculteur
  • French: agriculteur
    • Mauritian Creole: agrikilter
    • → Romanian: agricultor
• → Portuguese: agricultor
• → Spanish: agricultor

References

• “agrĭcultor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• agrī cultŏr in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “91/3”
• “agricultor” on page 91/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin agricultor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡɾi.kuwˈtoʁ/ [a.ɡɾi.kuʊ̯ˈtoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡɾi.kuwˈtoʁ/ [a.ɡɾi.kuʊ̯ˈtoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.ɡɾi.kuwˈtoɾ/ [a.ɡɾi.kuʊ̯ˈtoɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ɡɾi.kuwˈtoʁ/ [a.ɡɾi.kuʊ̯ˈtoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡɾi.kuwˈtoɻ/ [a.ɡɾi.kuʊ̯ˈtoɻ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡɾi.kulˈtoɾ/ [ɐ.ɣɾi.kuɫˈtoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡɾi.kulˈtoɾ/ [ɐ.ɣɾi.kuɫˈtoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡɾi.kulˈto.ɾi/ [ɐ.ɣɾi.kuɫˈto.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: a‧gri‧cul‧tor

Noun

agricultor m (plural agricultores, feminine agricultora, feminine plural agricultoras)

1. farmer

   Synonyms: camponês, lavrador, (Brazil) fazendeiro, (Mozambique) farmeiro

Related terms

• agrícola
• agricultura
• agriculturismo
• agro-

 

Further reading

• “agricultor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French agriculteur, from Latin agricultor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡri.kulˈtor/

Noun

agricultor m (plural agricultori, feminine equivalent agricultoare)

1. farmer

   Synonym: plugar

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	agricultor	agricultorul		agricultori	agricultorii
genitive-dative	agricultor	agricultorului		agricultori	agricultorilor
vocative	agricultorule			agricultorilor

Related terms

• agricol
• agricoliza
• agricultură

See also

• țăran

References

• agricultor in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agricultor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡɾikulˈtoɾ/ [a.ɣ̞ɾi.kul̪ˈt̪oɾ]

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• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: a‧gri‧cul‧tor

Adjective

agricultor (feminine agricultora, masculine plural agricultores, feminine plural agricultoras)

1. agricultural

Noun

agricultor m (plural agricultores, feminine agricultora, feminine plural agricultoras)

1. farmer

   Synonyms: granjero, campesino

Related terms

• agrícola
• agricultura

 

Further reading

• “agricultor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28