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culture
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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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xenophilia
English
Etymology
xeno- +? -philia
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?li?
Noun
xenophilia (uncountable)
- an attraction to or love of foreign people, manners or culture
- (science fiction) love (especially sexual love) between humans and extraterrestrials
- 1983, Frank Northen Magill, Survey of modern fantasy literature, Volume 4, Salem Press, ?ISBN, page 1707
- While it may appear that Sturgeon has thus become an advocate of homoeroticism, incest, xenophilia, and other exotic or decadent sexual practices, he remains committed rather to the ideals of understanding and tolerance.
- 2007, Julie Phillips, James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon, ?ISBN, page 300
- An alien—seemingly just a tourist—lands in the middle of Washington, assumes human, male form, and is adopted by four college kids for fun and sex. The story is told in snatches of dialogue and scraps of poetry (the title is from e.e. cummings), and is all goofy juxtapositions, happy xenophilia, and affection for the enthusiastic and accepting youth.
- 2012, Mark Guinane, Horizon's Edge, ?ISBN, page 303
- Xenophilia (header) From a young age, even before I knew what sex was, I always had a thing for girls. Alien girls I mean — Alorians in particular. I broke out in a sweat every time I saw them. They were so beautiful.
- 1983, Frank Northen Magill, Survey of modern fantasy literature, Volume 4, Salem Press, ?ISBN, page 1707
Antonyms
- xenophobia
Translations
Anagrams
- philoxenia
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