different between acculturate vs acclimatize

English

Etymology

• Back-formation from acculturation; first attested in 1923

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.?k?l.t??.??e?t/

Verb

acculturate (third-person singular simple present acculturates, present participle acculturating, simple past and past participle acculturated)

1. (transitive) To change the culture of (a person) by the influence of another culture, especially a more advanced culture.
2. (transitive) To cause (a person) to acquire the culture of society, starting at birth.
3. (intransitive) To be changed by acculturation.

Related terms

• acculturation

Translations

Italian

Verb

acculturate

1. second-person plural present indicative of acculturare
2. second-person plural imperative of acculturare
3. feminine plural of acculturato

English

Alternative forms

• acclimatise (chiefly British)

Etymology

acclimate +? -ize. First attested in 1836.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.?kla?.m?.?ta?z/

Verb

acclimatize (third-person singular simple present acclimatizes, present participle acclimatizing, simple past and past participle acclimatized)

1. (intransitive) To get used to a new climate.
2. (transitive) To make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate.

Derived terms

• acclimatization
• acclimatizer

Related terms

• acclimate
• acclimation

Translations