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culture
English
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Alternative forms
- kulcha
Etymology
From Middle French culture (“cultivation; culture”), from Latin cult?ra (“cultivation; culture”), from cultus, perfect passive participle of col? (“till, cultivate, worship”) (related to col?nus and col?nia), from Proto-Indo-European *k?el- (“to move; to turn (around)”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?lt???/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?lt???/
Noun
culture (countable and uncountable, plural cultures)
- The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize a particular society or nation.
- The beliefs, values, behaviour and material objects that constitute a people's way of life.
- The conventional conducts and ideologies of a community; the system comprising of the accepted norms and values of a society.
- (anthropology) Any knowledge passed from one generation to the next, not necessarily with respect to human beings.
- (botany) Cultivation.
- http://counties.cce.cornell.edu/suffolk/grownet/flowers/sprgbulb.htm
- The Culture of Spring-Flowering Bulbs
- http://counties.cce.cornell.edu/suffolk/grownet/flowers/sprgbulb.htm
- (microbiology) The process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium.
- The growth thus produced.
- A group of bacteria.
- (cartography) The details on a map that do not represent natural features of the area delineated, such as names and the symbols for towns, roads, meridians, and parallels.
- (archaeology) A recurring assemblage of artifacts from a specific time and place that may constitute the material culture remains of a particular past human society.
Derived terms
Related terms
- agriculture
Translations
Verb
culture (third-person singular simple present cultures, present participle culturing, simple past and past participle cultured)
- (transitive) to maintain in an environment suitable for growth (especially of bacteria) (compare cultivate)
- (transitive) to increase the artistic or scientific interest (in something) (compare cultivate)
Related terms
Translations
References
- culture at OneLook Dictionary Search
- culture in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- "culture" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 87.
- culture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Latin cult?ra (“cultivation; culture”), from cultus, perfect passive participle of col? (“till, cultivate, worship”), from Proto-Indo-European *k?el- (“to move; to turn (around)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kyl.ty?/
Noun
culture f (plural cultures)
- crop
- culture (“arts, customs and habits”)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “culture” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Friulian
Noun
culture f (plural culturis)
- culture
Related terms
- culturâl
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ure
Noun
culture f
- plural of cultura
Latin
Participle
cult?re
- vocative masculine singular of cult?rus
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kul?tu?e/, [kul??t?u.?e]
Verb
culture
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of culturar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of culturar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of culturar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of culturar.
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enlightenment
English
Alternative forms
- enlightment (rare)
Etymology
From enlighten +? -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?la?t?nm?nt/, /?n?la?t?nm?nt/, /-la?tm?nt/
Noun
enlightenment (usually uncountable, plural enlightenments)
- An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
- A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.
Synonyms
- epiphany
- peace that passeth understanding
- satori
Translations
References
- enlightenment at OneLook Dictionary Search
- enlightenment in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- enlightenment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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