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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesfermage
Pronunciation / Transliteration: fɛʁmaʒ
"Le système de fermage régit les relations entre propriétaires et agriculteurs."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A system of land tenure in which agricultural land is rented, leased, or occupied by tenant farmers under specified conditions and obligations to the landowner.
"Reforms in agrarian-tenancy laws were introduced to protect smallholder farmers from exploitation and exorbitant rents." - 2
The legal and economic status, duration, or conditions under which a tenant holds agricultural land.
"The historical archive detailed the complex patterns of agrarian-tenancy prevalent across the region before the revolution."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'agrarian,' derived from the Latin 'agrarius' (relating to fields or land, from 'ager' field), and 'tenancy,' derived from the Old French 'tenancie' and Late Latin 'tenentia' (holding of land, from 'tenere' to hold). Established in legal, economic, and historical discourse during the 19th century, it describes the structured contractual relationship between landowners and agricultural tenants.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Agrarian-tenancy" is said worldwide
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fermage
Transliteration: fɛʁmaʒ
"Le système de fermage régit les relations entre propriétaires et agriculteurs."
Landpachtwesen
Transliteration: ˈlantpaxtˌveːzn̩
"Das historische Landpachtwesen prägte das ländliche Leben stark."
affitto agrario
Transliteration: afˈfit.to aɡˈɡraː.rjo
"Le norme sull'affitto agrario tutelano i coltivatori diretti."
arrendamiento agrario
Transliteration: a.ren.daˈmjen.to aˈɣɾa.ɾjo
"El contrato de arrendamiento agrario establece las obligaciones del agricultor."
arrendamento rural
Transliteration: a.ʁẽ.daˈmẽ.tu ʁuˈraw
"As leis de arrendamento rural garantem direitos aos trabalhadores do campo."
कृषि पट्टाधारी
Transliteration: krishi pattadhari
Script: कृषि पट्टा प्रणाली
"भारत में कृषि पट्टा प्रणाली में सुधार की आवश्यकता है।"
农业佃契制度
Transliteration: nóngyè diànqì zhìdù
"历史上，农业佃契制度极大地影响了农民的生活水平。"
농지 소작 제도
Transliteration: nongji sojak jedo
"정부는 불합리한 농지 소작 제도를 개혁했다."
農地小作制
Transliteration: nōchi kosakusei
"戦後改革により農地小作制は大きく変化した。"
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