agricoles

Agricoles is the plural form of the French adjective agricole, meaning related to agriculture or farming. It is used to describe things connected with farming, crops, and the agricultural industry. Because it is a plural adjective, it modifies both masculine and feminine plural nouns, as in secteurs agricoles (agricultural sectors) or produits agricoles (agricultural products).

The term has its origins in Latin, from agricola, meaning farmer. Through Old and Middle French, the word developed into the modern French adjective agricole, with the plural form agricoles used in everyday and technical language.

In contemporary French, agricoles commonly appears in compound terms and phrases across economic, policy, and scientific contexts. It is used to refer to aspects of agriculture in general, as well as to specific domains such as production, technology, regulation, and markets. The word also appears in institutional names and programs related to farming and rural development, where it functions to designate activities or subjects tied to agriculture.

See also: Agriculture, Agricultural economics, Agronomy, French language terms related to farming.

Notes: Agricoles is not typically used as a standalone noun; it is primarily an adjective, signaling that the referenced items pertain to agriculture. In English translations, agricoles is generally rendered as agricultural or farming, depending on the context.