culture en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [ˈkʰʌlt͡ʃəɾ] (Scotland)
- [ˈkʰɐ̞lt͡ʃə] (Australia, New-Zealand)
- /ˈkʌlt͡ʃɚ/ (General-American)
- /ˈkʊlt͡ʃə/ (Northern-England)
- /ˈkʌlt͡ʃə/ (British, Received-Pronunciation, Southern, Standard)
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- /ˈkɐlt͡ʃə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- [ˈkʰʌlt͡ʃə] (British, Received-Pronunciation, Southern, Standard)
- /ˈkʌlt͡ʃəɾ/ (Scotland)
- /ˈkəlt͡ʃə/ (Wales)
- [ˈkʰʊlt͡ʃə] (Northern-England)
- [ˈkʰʌlt͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈkʰʌlt͡ʃɹ̩] (General-American)
- [ˈkʰəlt͡ʃə] (Wales)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture From Middle French culture (“cultivation; culture”), from Latin cultūra (“cultivation; culture”), from cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“till, cultivate, to grow, worship”) (related to colōnus and colōnia), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize humankind, or a particular society or nation.
Such differences of history and culture have lingering consequences. Almost all the corn and soyabeans grown in America are genetically modified. GM crops are barely tolerated in the European Union. Both America and Europe offer farmers indefensible subsidies, but with different motives.
2013 September 7, “Farming as rocket science”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8852:Castration of bulls was a socialization process that turned a bull into an ox; in this transformation something wild became something very useful; nature became culture.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 125:
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(countable, uncountable) The beliefs, values, behaviour, and material objects that constitute a people's way of life.
I condemn neither way; but culture works differently. It does not try to teach down to the level of inferior classes; it does not try to win them for this or that sect of its own, with ready-made judgments and watchwords. It seeks to do away with classes; to make the best that has been thought and known in the world current everywhere; […]
1882, Matthew Arnold, “Sweetness and Light”, in Culture and Anarchy:
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(countable, uncountable) The conventional conducts and ideologies of a community; the system comprising the accepted norms and values of a society.
Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution.
2012 March-April, Jan Sapp, “Race Finished”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2015, page 164:
- (countable, uncountable) Any knowledge passed from one generation to the next, not necessarily with respect to human beings.
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(countable, uncountable) Cultivation.
http://counties.cce.cornell.edu/suffolk/grownet/flowers/sprgbulb.htm The Culture of Spring-Flowering Bulbs
- (countable, uncountable) The process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium.
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(countable, uncountable) The growth thus produced.
I'm headed to the lab to make sure my cell culture hasn't died.
- (countable, uncountable) A group of bacteria.
- (countable, uncountable) The details on a map that do not represent natural features of the area delineated, such as names and the symbols for towns, roads, meridians, and parallels.
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of archaeological culture (“recurring assemblage of artifacts from a specific time and place that may constitute the material culture remains of a particular past human society”).
alt of archaeological culture
- (countable, euphemistic, uncountable) Ethnicity, race (and its associated arts, customs, etc.).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cultures | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| culcha | alternative, pronunciation-spelling | lexicographic |
Deriveds
culture medium · high culture · urinoculture · iatroculture · culturable · mycoculture · coculture · interculture · reculture · culturewise · conculture · cultureless · culturgen · culture-hero · cassette culture · tissue culture · physiculture · triculture · underculture · mass culture · long-hours culture · ostreiculture · culturagram · enculturation · counter culture · folk culture · counterculture · subculture · culturcide · diet culture · bioculture · K-culture · culturelike · cringe culture · preculture · geoculture · culturability · oligoculture · anticulture · multiculture · natureculture · pyroculture · culturology · low context culture · algaculture · culture-bound · fruticulture · aviculture · tetraculture · culture-god · hydroculture · culture of death · culturewide · cultureshed · high context culture · call-out culture · cultureful · protoculture · tiki culture · canteen culture · olericulture · miniculture · metaculture · macroculture · callout culture · unculture · Kustom Kulture · technoculture · culture god · vermiculture · haemoculture · zooculture · man of culture · vulture culture · idioculture · myeloculture · organoculture · deculture · low-context culture · dark culture · culture maker · Okhotsk culture · lad culture · cancel culture · high-context culture · compensation culture · culture-fair · culture vulture · silviculture · occulture · culturejack · aquaculture · hemoculture · culturist · cultureme · cryoculture · archaeological culture · culture-historical · culture warrior · superculture · culture-jack · neoculture · culturize · nonmaterial culture · xenoculture · overculture · ecoculture · cyberculture · culturocide · petroculture · herpetoculture · fishculture · nonculture · like-cultured · bro culture · outrage culture · pisciculture · culturati · Lower Xiajiadian culture · physical culture · culture hero · astaciculture · cultureware · monoculture · microculture · polyculture · coproculture · reverse culture shock · histoculture · inculture · ur-culture · micro-culture · narcoculture · permaculture · viticulture · culturome · culturicide · coffee culture · electroculture · popular culture · porciculture · ethnoculture · third culture kid · Liaoning bronze dagger culture · drinking culture · culturecide · culture jamming · sand culture · Cemetery H culture · culturemaker · my culture is not your costume · culturescape · palace of culture · culturomics · culturism · culture war · rape culture · culture victory · Sang culture · haute culture · uberculture · biculture · mosaiculture · pop culture · enculture · neuroculture · self-culture · dependency culture · horticulture · hyperculture · adult third culture kid · Upper Xiajiadian culture · security culture · acculture · homoculture
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Translations (271)
mg kolontsaina (arts, customs and habits) · scn curtura (arts, customs and habits) · mr संस्कृती (arts, customs and habits) · aii ܡܲܪܕܘܼܬܵܐ (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · sv kultur (arts, customs and habits) · fi kulttuuri (anthropology: any knowledge passed from one generation to the next) · ga cultúr (arts, customs and habits) · be культу́ра (arts, customs and habits) · fy kultuer (arts, customs and habits) · scn curtura (anthropology: any knowledge passed from one generation to the next) · bo རིག་གནས (arts, customs and habits) · ug مەدەنىيەت (arts, customs and habits) · mk култу́ра (microbiology: the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity) · kk мәдениет (arts, customs and habits) · lo ວັດທະນະທຳ (arts, customs and habits) · ia cultura (arts, customs and habits) · nrf tchututhe (arts, customs and habits) · tkl aganuku (arts, customs and habits) · ja 培養 (microbiology: the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity) · sh култу́ра (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · ht kilti (arts, customs and habits) · sw utamaduni (arts, customs and habits) · ms budaya (arts, customs and habits) · khb ᦞᧆᦒᦓᦱᦒᧄ (arts, customs and habits) · nds kultur (arts, customs and habits) · tg маданият (arts, customs and habits) · ur تَہْذِیب (arts, customs and habits) · sh kultúra (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · th วัฒนธรรม (arts, customs and habits) · prs فَرْهَنْگ (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · te సంప్రదాయము (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · uz маданият (arts, customs and habits) · te సంస్కృతి (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · fi kulttuuri (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · cmn 文化 (arts, customs and habits) · bua соёл (arts, customs and habits) · yue 文化 (arts, customs and habits) · sl kultura (arts, customs and habits) · prs کُولْتُور (arts, customs and habits) · sh култу́ра (microbiology: the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity) · sq kulturë (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · fr culture (microbiology: the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity) · ast cultura (arts, customs and habits) · xal сойл (arts, customs and habits) · pl kultura (arts, customs and habits) · sh kultúra (the collective noun for a group of bacteria) · my ယဉ်ကျေးမှု (arts, customs and habits) · gl cultura (arts, customs and habits) · hi संस्कृति (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · be культу́ра (microbiology: the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity) · hy մշակույթ (arts, customs and habits) · acw ثقافة (arts, customs and habits) · ro cultură (anthropology: any knowledge passed from one generation to the next) · mi ahurea (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · nn kultur (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · kn ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ (arts, customs and habits) · be культу́ра (anthropology: any knowledge passed from one generation to the next) · fo mentan (arts, customs and habits) · ojb anishinaabekaa (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · ps کلتور (arts, customs and habits) · ce оьздангалла (arts, customs and habits) · pt cultura (anthropology: any knowledge passed from one generation to the next) · pt cultura (microbiology: the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity) · mk култу́ра (the collective noun for a group of bacteria) · aii ܡܲܪܕܘܼܬܵܐ (anthropology: any knowledge passed from one generation to the next) · cv культура (arts, customs and habits) · fi kasvusto (the collective noun for a group of bacteria) · tpi kalsa (arts, customs and habits) · la cultūra (arts, customs and habits) · pl kultura (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · eo kulturo (arts, customs and habits) · ne संस्कृति (arts, customs and habits) · ru культу́ра (the collective noun for a group of bacteria) · fr culture (arts, customs and habits) · sh култу́ра (anthropology: any knowledge passed from one generation to the next) · it cultura (arts, customs and habits) · bar Kuitua (arts, customs and habits) · mg fomba (arts, customs and habits) · tl kultura (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · am ባህል (arts, customs and habits) · uk культу́ра (the collective noun for a group of bacteria) · te సంస్కృతి (arts, customs and habits) · sq kulturë (arts, customs and habits) · tl kalinangan (arts, customs and habits) · is menning (arts, customs and habits) · sv kultur (the collective noun for a group of bacteria) · arz ثقافة (arts, customs and habits) · km វប្បធម៌ (arts, customs and habits) · ba мәҙәниәт (arts, customs and habits) · ja カルチャー (arts, customs and habits) · sh kultúra (anthropology: any knowledge passed from one generation to the next) · ext coltura (arts, customs and habits) · ro cultură (the collective noun for a group of bacteria) · nan-hbl 文化 (arts, customs and habits) · mi ahurea (arts, customs and habits) · mg lova (anthropology: any knowledge passed from one generation to the next) · oc cultura (arts, customs and habits) · lv kultūra (arts, customs and habits) · mi tikanga (arts, customs and habits) · ky маданият (arts, customs and habits) · tk medeniýet (arts, customs and habits) · ta பண்பாடு (arts, customs and habits) · ca cultiu (microbiology: the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity) · ro cultură (arts, customs and habits) · sk kultúra (arts, customs and habits) · bg култу́ра (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · dv ސަގާފަތު (arts, customs and habits) · yi קולטור (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · nb kultur (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · ur فَرْہَن٘گ (arts, customs and habits) · mt kultura (arts, customs and habits) · uk культу́ра (arts, customs and habits) · bn রসম (arts, customs and habits) · el καλλιέργεια (microbiology: the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity) · mg fiompiana (microbiology: the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity) · gd cultar (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · he תַּרְבּוּת (anthropology: any knowledge passed from one generation to the next) · cs kultura (arts, customs and habits) · tg култура (arts, customs and habits) · nn kultur (arts, customs and habits) · bg култу́ра (arts, customs and habits) · scn curtura (the collective noun for a group of bacteria) · ro cultură (microbiology: the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity) · ru культу́ра (microbiology: the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity) · uk культу́ра (anthropology: any knowledge passed from one generation to the next) · yi קולטור (arts, customs and habits) · kmr irf (arts, customs and habits) · tr kültür (the collective noun for a group of bacteria) · tr hars (arts, customs and habits) · uli koalchoer (arts, customs and habits) · scn curtura (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · hi संस्कृति (arts, customs and habits) · he תַּרְבִּית (microbiology: the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity) · ml സംസ്ക്കാരം (arts, customs and habits) · prs کُولْتُور (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · kmr edet (arts, customs and habits) · de Kultur (arts, customs and habits) · nrf tchulteure (arts, customs and habits) · pl kultura (microbiology: the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity) · tl pamumuhay (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · tt мәдәният (arts, customs and habits) · nl cultuur (arts, customs and habits) · ro cultură (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · hi सभ्यता (anthropology: any knowledge passed from one generation to the next) · sh култу́ра (arts, customs and habits) · za vwnzva (arts, customs and habits) · ar ثَقَافَة (arts, customs and habits) · ota مدنیت (arts, customs and habits) · fo mentun (arts, customs and habits) · ti ባህሊ (arts, customs and habits) · da kultur (arts, customs and habits) · de Kultur (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · hu kultúra (anthropology: any knowledge passed from one generation to the next) · scn curtura (microbiology: the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity) · xal сойл (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · ar ثَقَافَة (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · pl obyczajowość (arts, customs and habits) · he תַּרְבּוּת (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · es cultura (arts, customs and habits) · uk культу́ра (microbiology: the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity) · prs فَرْهَنْگ (arts, customs and habits) · or ସଂସ୍କୃତି (arts, customs and habits) · hu kultúra (arts, customs and habits) · he תַּרְבּוּת (arts, customs and habits) · mi tikanga (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · ur ثَقافَت (arts, customs and habits) · ca cultura (arts, customs and habits) · be культу́ра (the collective noun for a group of bacteria) · pa ਸੰਸਕ੍ਰਿਤੀ (arts, customs and habits) · lij coltûa (arts, customs and habits) · gd cultar (arts, customs and habits) · zza ferheng (diq) (arts, customs and habits) · el καλλιέργεια (the collective noun for a group of bacteria) · dng вынхуа (arts, customs and habits) · aii ܡܲܪܕܘܼܬܵܐ (arts, customs and habits) · ba мәҙәниәт (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · ps کلچر (arts, customs and habits) · sh kultúra (microbiology: the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity) · es cultivo (microbiology: the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity) · el πολιτισμός (arts, customs and habits) · ta கலாச்சாரம் (arts, customs and habits) · kmr kultûr (arts, customs and habits) · wal wogaa (arts, customs and habits) · el νοοτροπία (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · haw nā ʻike a me nā hana (arts, customs and habits) · sh култу́ра (the collective noun for a group of bacteria) · br sevenadur (arts, customs and habits) · sv kultur (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · pt cultura (arts, customs and habits) · pt cultura (the collective noun for a group of bacteria) · gu સંસ્કૃતિ (arts, customs and habits) · id budaya (arts, customs and habits) · nah cultura (arts, customs and habits) · tpi kalsa (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · as সংস্কৃতি (arts, customs and habits) · tr kültür (anthropology: any knowledge passed from one generation to the next) · kmr çande (arts, customs and habits) · it coltura (microbiology: the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity) · te సూక్ష్మ జీవులు (the collective noun for a group of bacteria) · fa-ira فَرْهَنْگ (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · gd dualchas (arts, customs and habits) · tl kultura (arts, customs and habits) · ru культу́ра (arts, customs and habits) · mn соёл (arts, customs and habits) · tg фарҳанг (arts, customs and habits) · tr kültür (arts, customs and habits) · hu kultúra (microbiology: the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity) · hak 文化 (arts, customs and habits) · et kultuur (arts, customs and habits) · bn সংস্কৃতি (arts, customs and habits) · wym kultür (arts, customs and habits) · hu kultúra (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · uz madaniyat (arts, customs and habits) · ps فرهنګ (arts, customs and habits) · gd cultar (anthropology: any knowledge passed from one generation to the next) · bn রেওয়াজ (arts, customs and habits) · ja 文化 (arts, customs and habits) · nv éʼélʼį́ (arts, customs and habits) · sa संस्कृति (arts, customs and habits) · bg култу́ра (anthropology: any knowledge passed from one generation to the next) · da kultur (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · cy diwylliant (arts, customs and habits) · ko 문화 (arts, customs and habits) · fi kulttuuri (arts, customs and habits) · ru культу́ра (anthropology: any knowledge passed from one generation to the next) · tpi pasin tumbuna (arts, customs and habits) · ary ثقافة (arts, customs and habits) · ps ثقافت (arts, customs and habits) · bg култу́ра (microbiology: the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity) · fi viljely (microbiology: the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity) · sq rrethanë (arts, customs and habits) · te వంశానుగతం (anthropology: any knowledge passed from one generation to the next) · sh kultúra (arts, customs and habits) · fo mentir (arts, customs and habits) · so dhaqan (arts, customs and habits) · si සංස්කෘතිය (arts, customs and habits) · tpi pasin tumbuna (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · wuu 文化 (arts, customs and habits) · nb kultur (arts, customs and habits) · bn তমদ্দুন (arts, customs and habits) · mk култу́ра (arts, customs and habits) · fi viljelmä (microbiology: the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity) · cop ⲓⲉⲃⲟⲩⲱⲓ (arts, customs and habits) · vi văn hoá (arts, customs and habits) · ka კულტურა (arts, customs and habits) · zza edet (diq) (arts, customs and habits) · fa-ira فَرْهَنْگ (arts, customs and habits) · hu kultúra (the collective noun for a group of bacteria) · kk өсінді (microbiology: the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity) · izh kulttuura (arts, customs and habits) · ru культу́ра (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · lt kultūra (arts, customs and habits) · el πολιτισμός (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · af kultuur (arts, customs and habits) · az mədəniyyət (arts, customs and habits) · zza kultur (diq) (arts, customs and habits) · sco cultur (arts, customs and habits) · mg finoana (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · udm лулчеберет (arts, customs and habits) · rue култу́ра (arts, customs and habits) · io kulturo (arts, customs and habits) · bg култу́ра (the collective noun for a group of bacteria) · km វប្បធម៌ (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · bar Kuitua (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · el παράδοση (anthropology: any knowledge passed from one generation to the next) · cdo 文化 (arts, customs and habits) · mn ᠰᠣᠶᠤᠯ (arts, customs and habits) · sq doke (arts, customs and habits) · pt cultura (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · be культу́ра (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life) · tr kültür (the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life)