cultivation
/ˌkʌltɪˈveɪʃən/kuhl-tih-VAY-shuhn
/ˌkʌltɪˈveɪʃən/kuhl-tih-VAY-shuhn
Meaningthe act of cultivating
Common meaning: growing crops
Other meanings: developing a skill or quality
- cultto till, tend; to dwell in; to honourLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 370 (approximate) · scan
- ivstem link
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- ionnoun ending: act or result
Journey through time
- Latincolō, coluī, cultum‘to till, tend’
- Englishcultivate‘to prepare land for crops’
- Englishformed in English from cultivatecultivation‘growing crops’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from cultivate + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), CULTIVATE, p.146 · scan
Roots
- colō, coluī, cultum Latin “to till, tend; to dwell in; to honour”
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