aquaculture

English

Etymology

From aqua- +‎ culture.

Pronunciation

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Noun

aquaculture (countable and uncountable, plural aquacultures)

1. The cultivation of aquatic produce such as aquatic plants, fish, and other aquatic animals.
   • 2010 September, Andrew Faulkner, "Caviar", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 77:

     Finally, sturgeon aquaculture would create a sustainable industry […]

Derived terms

• aquacultural
• aquaponics

 

Related terms

• aquaculturist

Translations

the cultivation of the aquatic produce

• Catalan: aqüicultura f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水產養殖 / 水产养殖 (zh) (shuǐchǎn yǎngzhí)

• Finnish: vesiviljely (fi)
• French: aquaculture (fr) f
• Galician: acuicultura (gl) f
• Georgian: აკვაკულტურა (aḳvaḳulṭura)
• German: Aquakultur (de) f
• Indonesian: akuakultur (id)
• Irish: dobharshaothrú m, uisceshaothrú m
• Italian: acquicoltura (it) f
• Maori: ahumoana
• Polish: akwakultura (pl) f
• Portuguese: aquicultura f, aquacultura f
• Punjabi: ਜਲ ਖੇਤੀ f (jal khetī)
• Romanian: acvacultură (ro) f
• Russian: аквакульту́ра (ru) f (akvakulʹtúra)
• Scottish Gaelic: tuathanachas uisge m
• Spanish: acuicultura (es) f, acuacultura f

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kwa.kyl.tyʁ/

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Noun

aquaculture f (uncountable)

1. aquaculture

Related terms

• aquaculteur