different between cultivate vs comice

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cultiv?tus, perfect passive participle of cultiv? (“till, cultivate”), from cult?vus (“tilled”), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of col? (“till, cultivate”), which comes from earlier *quel?, from Proto-Indo-European *k?el- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ???? (pél?) and Sanskrit ???? (cárati). The same Proto-Indo-European root also gave Latin in-quil-?nus (“inhabitant”) and anculus (“servant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?lt?ve?t/
• Hyphenation: cul?ti?vate

Verb

cultivate (third-person singular simple present cultivates, present participle cultivating, simple past and past participle cultivated)

1. To grow plants, notably crops.

2. (figuratively) To nurture; to foster; to tend.
3. To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting.

Derived terms

Translations

Interlingua

Participle

cultivate

1. past participle of cultivar

English

Etymology

French (Doyenne du) Comice, (Dean of the) Show, from comice (agricole), (agricultural) show, from Old French, convention, from Latin comitia.

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??mis/

Noun

comice (plural comices)

1. A cultivated variety of pear with yellowish-green and reddish skin, and having juicy flesh.

Latin

Adjective

c?mice

1. vocative masculine singular of c?micus

References

• comice in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• comice in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• comice in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette