English pronunciation · Words Starting with A
Agriculture Pronunciation
Agriculture is pronounced A-gri-kuhl-cher, IPA /ˈægrɪˌkəltʃɝ/.
A-gri-kuhl-cher
US /ˈægrɪˌkəltʃɝ/ · UK /ˈægrɪˌkʌltʃə/
Syllables: A · gri · kuhl · cher (4 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: The practice of farming, including growing crops and keeping animals.
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Agriculture in a Sentence
- Agriculture still employs a third of the population there.
- The ministry of agriculture published the harvest figures.
- Dry summers have changed agriculture across the valley.
Common Mispronunciations of Agriculture
Not a-gri-KUHL-cher
The opening A is the loud one and the three beats behind it coast downhill. Most English words built with culture behave this way, as horticulture does.
Not AY-gri-kuhl-cher
Clip that first a to the vowel of bag. A long ay belongs to agent and agency, where a single consonant follows.
Tip: Agricultural, the adjective, hands the beat to the third part: a-gri-KUHL-cher-uhl.
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