different between spiritual vs cultural

English

Alternative forms

• (all obsolete) spirituall, spirytual, spirytuall, spyritual, spyrituall, spyrytual, spyrytuall

Etymology

From Middle English spiritual, spirituel, from Old French spirituel, from Late Latin spiritualis, from Latin spiritus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sp???t???l/, /?sp???tj??l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sp???t?u?l/, /?sp????t??ul?/

Adjective

spiritual (comparative more spiritual, superlative most spiritual)

1. Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.

2. Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred.
3. Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.
4. Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.

   a spiritual substance or being

   • It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.

5. Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
6. (Christianity) Controlled and inspired by the Holy Spirit; pure; holy.

   • If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one.

7. Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical.

   the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

spiritual (plural spirituals)

1. A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.
2. Any spiritual function, office, or affair.

   He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals. — Lowell.

Synonyms

• folk song

Translations

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French spirituel, Late Latin sp?ritu?lis, from Latin spiritus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spiritu?al/

Adjective

spiritual m or n (feminine singular spiritual?, masculine plural spirituali, feminine and neuter plural spirituale)

1. spiritual

Declension

Synonyms

• sufletesc

Related terms

• spiritualism
• spiritualitate

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.