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"farmer" in seven languages

Meaningfarmer

Spanish

agricultor

/agɾikulˈtoɾ/

masc.learned

fem.: agricultora

French

agriculteur

/agʁikyltœʁ/

masc.learned

fem.: agricultrice

Italian

agricoltore

/agrikolˈtore/

masc.learned

fem.: agricoltrice

Portuguese

agricultor

/aɡɾikuwˈtoh/

masc.learned

Romanian

agricultor

/aɡrikulˈtor/

masc.borrowed · French agriculteur, refashioned on Latin AGRICULTOR

Catalan

pagès

/pəˈʒɛs/

masc.other source · Latin PAGĒNSEM 'of the countryside'

Pagès is the everyday word; agricultor is the official one.

English

farmer

/ˈfɑɹmɚ/

other source · Anglo-French fermer

English → ItalianfarmeragricoltoreNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: agriculture, cultivate, acre.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

AGRICULTŌREM‘tiller of the field’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

The official word is learned and transparent everywhere. The homely 'country person' is a three-way split: es campesino (from campo), fr paysan (from pays, Latin PĀGĒNSEM, like English peasant), it contadino (from contado 'county', COMITĀTUM).

English relatives: agriculture, cultivate, acre

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In a sentence

  • esMi abuelo era agricultor.
  • frMon grand-père était agriculteur.
  • itMio nonno era agricoltore.
  • ptMeu avô era agricultor.
  • roBunicul meu a fost agricultor.
  • caEl meu avi era pagès.
  • enMy grandfather was a farmer.

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