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agricoltore

farmer

noun ah-gree-kohl-TOH-reh Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'agricola', field-tiller

Usage Note

Agricoltore is the formal term for a farmer, especially a landowning one; the feminine is agricoltrice. A farmhand who works the land is rather a contadino. The related field of study is agricoltura.

Examples

"L'agricoltore coltiva il grano."

Natural Translation

The farmer grows wheat.

Literal Translation

The-farmer cultivates the wheat.

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