cultural
/ˈkʌltʃəəl/KUHL-chur-uhl
/ˈkʌltʃɚəl/KUHL-chur-uhl
Meaningrelating to culture
Common meaning: relating to culture (inferred)
- cultto till, tend; to dwell in; to honourLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 370 (approximate) · scan
- urnoun ending: result or process
- aladjective ending: relating to
Journey through time
- Latincolō, coluī, cultum‘to till, tend’
- Frenchculture
- Englishculture‘the shared customs and arts of a people’
- Englishformed in English from culturecultural‘relating to culture (inferred)’ · today
Sources & notes
Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: relating to culture. It can be inferred from any of: culture.
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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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 culture + -al (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- colō, coluī, cultum Latin “to till, tend; to dwell in; to honour”
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