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Farm & Agriculture Vocabulary

Farm & Agriculture Vocabulary

Here you will find a complete list of French farm (la ferme) and agriculture (l’agriculture) vocabulary. This list covers a wide range of terms including buildings around the farm, types of farms, farming verbs, different kinds of farm crops (les cultures) as well as farm animals and livestock (le bétail). For a more complete list of French animal vocabulary please see the link below.

French farm and agriculture vocabulary

Farm & Agriculture Vocabulary

  • la ferme farm
  • l’agriculteur farmer
  • la grange barn
  • la clôture fence
  • la maison d’habitation farmhouse
  • la ferme de culture arable farm
  • la ferme d’élevage porcin pig farm
  • labourer to plough
  • récolter to harvest
  • planter to plant
  • le maïs corn
  • le tabac tobacco
  • le tournesol sunflower
  • le riz rice
  • le lin flax
  • le veau calf
  • le taureau bull
  • le cheval horse
  • l’agneau lamb
  • le poulet chicken
  • le caneton duckling
  • la porcherie pigsty/pigpen
  • l’agriculture agriculture
  • les terres cultivées farmland
  • le pré pasture
  • la barrière gate
  • le tracteur tractor
  • la ferme latière dairy farm
  • la ferme d’aviculture poultry farm
  • semer to sow
  • le silo silo
  • les cultures crops
  • l’orge barley
  • la luzerne alfalfa
  • le thé tea
  • le coton cotton
  • le germe de soja soybeans
  • le cochon pig
  • le mouton sheep
  • le poulain foal
  • le coq rooster
  • le poussin chick
  • l’enclos pen
  • l’écurie stable
  • le fermier farmer
  • le champ field
  • le bétail livestock
  • la haie hedge
  • la moissonneuse-batteuse combine harvester
  • la ferme d’élevage de moutons sheep farm
  • l’exploitation frutière fruit farm
  • arroser to water
  • l’auge trough
  • le blé wheat
  • le colza rapeseed
  • le foin hay
  • le café coffee
  • la canne à sucre sugarcane
  • la vache cow
  • le porcelet piglet
  • l’âne donkey
  • la chèvre goat
  • le dindon turkey
  • le canard duck
  • le poulailler chicken coop

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