Dictionary

farmland en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɑːɹmlænd/ (US)
• /ˈfɑːmlænd/ (UK)
• (US) audio

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Land that is suitable for farming and agricultural production.
   • The CCC would restore the soil health of farmlands in the Heartland and power the Colorado River by constructing the Hoover Dam. Their work transformed the very landscape of America. 2023 September 24, Michael D. Smith, “Opinion: Biden’s American Climate Corps could be the lasting legacy of this generation”, in CNN, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2023:
   • Other common farmland butterflies to have suffered steep declines include the small tortoiseshell (64%), the wall brown (37%) and the large skipper (35%). 2015 November 24, Patrick Barkham, “Pesticide may be reason butterfly numbers are falling in UK, says study”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016:
   • From Blackwater there is a more or less level run through gently rolling farmlands and downs to Merstone, with its island platform and passing loop. 1946 July and August, K. Westcott Jones, “Isle of Wight Central Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 243:

Forms

Hypernyms

land · arable land · country

Hyponyms

orchard · ploughland · farmhouse · fallow land · field · plowland · tilth · pasture · vinyard · croft · tillage · farmfields · vineyard · farmyards · ranchland

Relateds

landscape · acreage · farmscape

Synonyms

cropland

Translations (31)

es pamba (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · es conuco (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · cs zemědělská půda (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · ru сельскохозя́йственное уго́дье (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · ja 畑地 (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · ko 농경지 (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · ga talamh feirme (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · fr terres agricoles (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · de Ackerland (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · cmn 田地 (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · ja 農地 (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · mk о́рница (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · es chagra (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · cmn 農田 /农田 (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · bn খামার (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · nl akkerland (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · ru па́хотная земля́ (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · sv jordbruksmark (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · qu chakra (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · es chácara (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · mk ора́ница (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · ar أَرْض زِرَاعِيَّة (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · el αγρός (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · ru фе́рмерское уго́дье (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · fi viljelysmaa (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · cy tir amaeth (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · gl agro (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · ja 田地 (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · es chacra (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · mi whenua pāmu (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production) · sv åkermark (land which is suitable for farming and agricultural production)