aquaculture

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂

Proto-Italic *akʷā

Latin aquabor.

Middle English aqua

English aqua-

Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti

Proto-Italic *kʷelō

Latin colō

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?

Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?

Latin -tūra

Latin cultūrader.

Middle French cultureder.

English culture

English aquaculture

From aqua- + culture.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈækwəˌkʌlt͡ʃə/, /ˈɑːkwəˌ-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈækwəˌkʌlt͡ʃɚ/, /ˈɑkwəˌ-/

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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.
   • 2005, David J. Penman, Modadugu V. Gupta, Madan Mohan Dey, Carp genetic resources for aquaculture in Asia‎^[1], WorldFish, →ISBN, page 65:

     The indigenous species used in aquaculture are: B. gonionotus, Jullien carp (Probarbus jullieni), Jullien's mud carp (Cirrhinus jullieni), soldier-river barb (Cyclocheilichthys enoplos), Leptobarbus hoevenii, Catlocarpio siamensis and Osteochilus hasseltii.

   • 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

• Azerbaijani: akvakultura
• Belarusian: аквакульту́ра f (akvakulʹtúra)
• Catalan: aqüicultura f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: akvakultura f
• Danish: akvakultur (da) c
• Dutch: aquacultuur (nl) f
• Estonian: vesiviljelus, akvakultuur
• Finnish: vesiviljely (fi)
• French: aquaculture (fr) f
• Galician: acuicultura (gl) f
• Georgian: აკვაკულტურა (aḳvaḳulṭura)
• German: Aquakultur (de) f
• Hungarian: akvakultúra
• Indonesian: akuakultur (id)
• Irish: dobharshaothrú m, uisceshaothrú m
• Italian: acquicoltura (it) f
• Latvian: akvakultūra f
• Lithuanian: akvakultūrà f
• Māori: ahumoana
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: akvakultur m

  Nynorsk: akvakultur m

• 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
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: аквакулту́ра f

  Latin: akvakultúra (sh) f

• Slovak: akvakultúra f
• Slovene: ákvakultúra f
• Spanish: acuicultura (es) f, acuacultura f
• Swedish: vattenbruk n, akvakultur c
• Tagalog: akwakultura
• Ukrainian: аквакульту́ра f (akvakulʹtúra)
• Welsh: dyframaeth m, dyframaethu m

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kwa.kyl.tyʁ/

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Noun

aquaculture f (uncountable)

1. aquaculture

Related terms

• aquaculteur