acculture en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /əˈkʌl.t͡ʃɚ/
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Etymology
Either ac- + culture or a back-formation from acculturation.
Meanings
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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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| acculturing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| accultures | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| accultured | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| accultured | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
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Translations (10)
fi akkulturoitua (familiarize oneself with a new culture) · fr acculturer (familiarize oneself with a new culture) · es aculturar (familiarize oneself with a new culture) · fi kotiutua (familiarize oneself with a new culture) · ru интегри́роваться (familiarize oneself with a new culture) · ca aculturar (familiarize oneself with a new culture) · pt aculturar-se (familiarize oneself with a new culture) · fi kotoutua (familiarize oneself with a new culture) · ru адапти́роваться (familiarize oneself with a new culture) · de akkulturieren (familiarize oneself with a new culture)