different between familiarize vs acculture

English

Alternative forms

• familiarise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

familiar +? -ize

Verb

familiarize (third-person singular simple present familiarizes, present participle familiarizing, simple past and past participle familiarized) (North American and Oxford British spelling)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become familiar with something or someone.

Related terms

• familiarization

Translations

Portuguese

Verb

familiarize

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of familiarizar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of familiarizar
3. third-person singular imperative of familiarizar

English

Etymology

Either ac- +? culture or a back-formation from acculturation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k?l.t???/
• Audio (US, Northern California)

Verb

acculture (third-person singular simple present accultures, present participle acculturing, simple past and past participle accultured)

1. To familiarize oneself with, and adopt a new culture, especially by an immigrant

   I accultured myself very easily when I moved from Chile to Brazil; Portuguese, being similar to Spanish, was easy to learn. It might have been harder to acculture to life in Hong Kong.

Related terms

• acculturation

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: acculturent, accultures

Verb

acculture

1. first-person singular present indicative of acculturer
2. third-person singular present indicative of acculturer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of acculturer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of acculturer
5. second-person singular imperative of acculturer

Latin

Participle

accult?re

1. vocative masculine singular of accult?rus