culture
/ˈkʌltʃə/KUHL-chur
/ˈkʌltʃɚ/KUHL-chur
Meaningtilling; tending
Common meaning: the shared customs and arts of a people
Other meanings: tending of crops
- cultto till, tend; to dwell in; to honourLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 370 (approximate) · scan
- urenoun ending: result or process
Journey through time
- Latincolō, coluī, cultum‘to till, tend’
- Frenchculture
- Englishculture‘the shared customs and arts of a people’ · today
cult also in: cultivatecolonyhorticulture
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
- 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: Built on Latin colō ‘to till, tend; to dwell in; to honour’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry colō, p. 370 · dictionary scan
Roots
- colō, coluī, cultum Latin “to till, tend; to dwell in; to honour”
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