different between indigenous vs cultural

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin indigenus (“native, born in a country”), from indi- (indu-), an old derivative of in (“in”), gen- the root of gign? (“give birth to”), and English -ous. Compare indigene, Ancient Greek ????????? (endogen?s, “born in the house”), and the separately formed endogenous.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?d?d??n?s/
• (General American) enPR: ?n-d?j??-n?s, ?n-d?j??-n?s, IPA^(key): /?n?d?d??n?s/, /?n?d?d??n?s/
• Rhymes: -?d??n?s, -?d??n?s
• Hyphenation: in?dig?e?nous

Adjective

indigenous (not comparable)

1. Born or originating in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion. [from 17th c.]
   • 1862, Henry David Thoreau, "Wild Apples: The History of the Apple Tree":

     Not only the Indian, but many indigenous insects, birds, and quadrupeds, welcomed the apple-tree to these shores.

   • 1997, Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent, Monthly Review Press, page 17:

     Horses, like camels, had once been indigenous to Latin America but had become extinct.

   1. In particular, of or relating to a people (or their language or culture) that inhabited a region prior to the arrival of people of other cultures which became dominant (e.g., through colonialism), and which maintains a distinct culture.

2. Innate, inborn. [from 19th c.]
   • 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, ch. 18:

     She was a native and essential cook, as much as Aunt Chloe,—cooking being an indigenous talent of the African race.

   • 1883, George MacDonald, "Stephen Archer" in Stephen Archer and Other Tales:

     He had all the tricks of a newspaper boy indigenous in him.

Usage notes

• Some style guides recommend capitalizing Indigenous in reference to the racial/ethnic/cultural category. (Lowercase indigenous has historically been more common.)

Synonyms

• (native): aboriginal, autochthonous, local; See also Thesaurus:native
• (innate, inborn): connatural, natural; See also Thesaurus:innate

Derived terms

Related terms

• indigena

Translations

References

References

• indigenous at OneLook Dictionary Search
• indigenous in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• indigenous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From culture +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?lt?????l/

Adjective

cultural (comparative more cultural, superlative most cultural)

1. Pertaining to culture.

Derived terms

Translations

Asturian

Adjective

cultural (epicene, plural culturales)

1. cultural

Related terms

• cultura

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /kul.tu??al/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

cultural (masculine and feminine plural culturals)

1. cultural

Derived terms

• culturalment
• intercultural
• multicultural
• sociocultural

Related terms

• cultura

Further reading

• “cultural” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cultural” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “cultural” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cultural” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Adjective

cultural m or f (plural culturais)

1. cultural

Derived terms

• culturalmente
• sociocultural

Related terms

• cultura

Further reading

• “cultural” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• culturau (Gascon)

Adjective

cultural m (feminine singular culturala, masculine plural culturals, feminine plural culturalas)

1. cultural

Derived terms

• pluricultural

Related terms

• cultura

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuwtu??aw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku?tu??a?/
• Hyphenation: cul?tu?ral

Adjective

cultural m or f (plural culturais, comparable)

1. Pertaining to culture; cultural.

Inflection

Derived terms

• culturalmente
• intercultural
• sociocultural

Further reading

• “cultural” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French culturel.

Adjective

cultural m or n (feminine singular cultural?, masculine plural culturali, feminine and neuter plural culturale)

1. cultural

Declension

Derived terms

• anticultural
• culturaliza

Spanish

Etymology

cultura +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kultu??al/, [kul?.t?u??al]
• Hyphenation: cul?tu?ral

Adjective

cultural (plural culturales)

1. (relational) culture; cultural (of or relating to culture)

Derived terms

Related terms

• cultura
• culturar

References

• “cultural” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.