agronomy
/əˈɡɹɑːnəmi/noun
agronomy is spelled A-G-R-O-N-O-M-Y: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 57,423rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, agronomy means “The science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, fiber, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of agronomy is agronomies.
How many letters and syllables are in agronomy?
| Letters | 8: A-G-R-O-N-O-M-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 57,423rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is agronomy?
Agronomy appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 57,423rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce agronomy?
- UK /əˈɡɹɒnəmi/
- US /əˈɡɹɑːnəmi/
Agronomy has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-agronomy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with agronomy?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as agronomy from its last stressed vowel (/ɑnəmi/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of agronomy
- agronomies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does agronomy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, fiber, etc.
Near-synonym: husbandry
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate agronomy?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of agronomy: agron.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Agronomy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense science of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | agronomie |
| German | Agronomie, Pflanzenbauwissenschaft, Ackerbaukunde, Landwirtschaft, Agrarökonomie |
| Portuguese | agronomia |
| Spanish | agronomía |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does agronomy come from?
From French agronomie, from agronome (“agriculturist”), from Ancient Greek ἀγρός (agrós, “field”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”). By surface analysis, agro- + -nomy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).