different between pult vs cult

English

Verb

pult

1. (obsolete, rare) simple past tense and past participle of pull

Cimbrian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin polenta.

Noun

pult f

1. (Luserna) polenta

References

• “pult” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?pult]
• Rhymes: -ult

Noun

pult m

1. counter
2. shelf

Declension

See also

• police
• linka
• kredenc

Further reading

• pult in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• pult in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

German

Pronunciation

Verb

pult

1. inflection of pulen:
   1. second-person plural present
   2. third-person singular present
   3. plural imperative

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Pult.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?pult]
• Rhymes: -ult

Noun

pult (plural pultok)

1. desk, counter

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• pult in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Latin pulpitum (“tribune, platform, stage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?lt/, [p??lt]

Noun

pult m (definite singular pulten, indefinite plural pulter, definite plural pultene)

1. desk

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??lt/, [p???lt]

Verb

pult

1. past participle of pule

References

“pult” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin pulpitum (“tribune, platform, stage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?lt/, [p??lt]

Noun

pult m (definite singular pulten, indefinite plural pultar, definite plural pultane)

1. a desk

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??lt/, [p???lt]

Participle

pult (definite singular and plural pulte)

1. past participle of pule

Verb

pult

1. supine of pule

References

• “pult” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• putl

English

Etymology

From French culte, from Latin cultus (“care, adoration; cult”), from col? (“cultivate; protect”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?lt/
• Rhymes: -?lt

Noun

cult (plural cults)

1. (chiefly derogatory) A group, sect or movement following an unorthodox religious or philosophical system of beliefs, especially one in which members remove and exclude themselves from greater society, including family members not part of the cult, and show extreme devotion to a charismatic leader.
2. Devotion to a saint.

3. The veneration and religious rites given to a deity, esp. in a historical polytheistic context.

4. A religion that evolved out of another religion but has become a different religion through developing a radically different theology.
5. (informal) A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

cult (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a cult.
2. Enjoyed by a small, loyal group.

   a cult horror movie

3. Alternative form of kvlt.

Usage notes

The term has a positive connotation for groups of art, music, writing, fiction, and fashion devotees, but a negative connotation for new religious, extreme political, questionable therapeutic, and pyramidal business groups.

Translations

See also

• new religious movement
• sect

Anagrams

• CLUT, L cut

Friulian

Pronunciation

Noun

cult m (plural cults)

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Ladin

Pronunciation

Noun

cult m (plural cults)

1. cult, religion

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kylt/

Noun

cult m

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English cult. Doublet of culto.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?kuwt??/

Adjective

cult (invariable, comparable)

1. cult (enjoyed by a small, loyal group)

Romanian

Etymology

From French culte, from Latin cultus (“care, adoration; cult”), from col? (“cultivate; protect”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kult/

Noun

cult n (plural culte)

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Declension

Derived terms

• cultic