culture
English
/ˈkʌlt͡ʃɚ/, /ˈkʌlt͡ʃə/
noun
Definitions
- The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize a particular society or nation.
- The beliefs, values, behaviour and material objects that constitute a people's way of life.
- The conventional conducts and ideologies of a community; the system comprising of the accepted norms and values of a society.
- (anthropology) Any knowledge passed from one generation to the next, not necessarily with respect to human beings.
- (botany) Cultivation.
- (microbiology) The process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium.
- The growth thus produced.
- A group of bacteria.
- (cartography) 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.
- (archaeology) A recurring assemblage of artifacts from a specific time and place that may constitute the material culture remains of a particular past human society.
Etymology
Derived from Middle French culture (culture, cultivation) derived from Latin cultūra (culture, cultivation) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (turn, move, going around, revolve, far, dwell, and therefore to sojourn, revolve around), *kʷel- (turn, move, going around, revolve, far, dwell, and therefore to sojourn, revolve around).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷel-
Gloss
turn, move, going around, revolve, far, dwell, and therefore to sojourn, revolve around
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
🙃
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- English
- acculturalization English
- acculture English
- acultural English
- alga English
- algaculture English
- anticultural English
- anticulture English
- aquacultural English
- aquaculture English
- aquaculturist English
- avicultural English
- aviculture English
- aviculturist English
- bicultural English
- biculture English
- biocultural English
- bioculture English
- chronocultural English
- cocultural English
- coculture English
- columnist English
- contracultural English
- coproculture English
- countercultural English
- counterculture English
- counterculturish English
- counterculturism English
- counterculturist English
- cross-cultural English
- cryoculture English
- cult English
- culturability English
- culturable English
- culturagram English
- cultural English
- culturalism English
- culturalist English
- culturalization English
- culturalize English
- culturally English
- culturalness English
- culturcidal English
- culturcide English
- culturecidal English
- culturecide English
- cultureful English
- cultureless English
- culturelessness English
- culturelike English
- culturemaker English
- cultureme English
- culturescape English
- cultureshed English
- cultureware English
- culturewide English
- culturewise English
- culturgen English
- culturicidal English
- culturicide English
- culturism English
- culturist English
- culturize English
- culturocide English
- culturologist English
- culturology English
- culturomics English
- cybercultural English
- cyberculture English
- decollate English
- decollation English
- deculturalization English
- deculture English
- deculturize English
- ecocultural English
- ecoculture English
- econocultural English
- enculturation English
- enculturational English
- enculture English
- ethnocultural English
- ethnoculture English
- fish English
- fishculture English
- geocultural English
- haemoculture English
- hemoculture English
- herpetocultural English
- herpetoculture English
- herpetoculturist English
- histoculture English
- historico-cultural English
- homoculture English
- horticulture English
- hydroculture English
- hyperculture English
- iatroculture English
- intercultural English
- interculture English
- intracultural English
- like English
- like-cultured English
- linguacultural English
- linguocultural English
- macrocultural English
- macroculture English
- maker English
- medicocultural English
- metacultural English
- metaculture English
- microcultural English
- microculture English
- microhistoculture English
- miniculture English
- monocultural English
- monoculture English
- morphocultural English
- mosaic English
- mosaiculture English
- multicultural English
- multiculture English
- mycoculture English
- myeloculture English
- narcoculture English
- nonculturable English
- noncultural English
- nonculture English
- oenoculture English
- olericultural English
- olericulture English
- olericulturist English
- oligoculture English
- organoculture English
- ostreiculture English
- ostreiculturist English
- overcultural English
- overculture English
- pancultural English
- petroculture English
- physiculture English
- piscicultural English
- pisciculture English
- pisciculturist English
- pluricultural English
- polycultural English
- polyculture English
- precultural English
- preculture English
- protoculture English
- pseudocultural English
- psychocultural English
- reculture English
- self-culture English
- shed English
- sociocultural English
- spatiocultural English
- subcultural English
- subculture English
- subculturist English
- supercultural English
- superculture English
- supracultural English
- technocultural English
- technoculture English
- telegram English
- teletype English
- telic English
- telicity English
- tetraculture English
- transcultural English
- tricultural English
- triculture English
- uberculture English
- unculturable English
- unculture English
- undercultural English
- underculture English
- ur-culture English
- urinoculture English
- vermiculture English
- zooculture English
- Colōnia Agrippīna Latin
- ad- Latin
- agricola Latin
- agricultura Latin
- collum Latin
- collāris Latin
- colo Latin
- colonia Latin
- colonus Latin
- columna Latin
- colōnia Latin
- cultura Latin
- cultus Latin
- cultōrem Latin
- cultūra Latin
- olus, oleri Latin
- viscericola Latin
- Kultur German
- telefonata Italian
- telefonatore Italian
- telefonatrice Italian
- cultuur Dutch, Flemish
- tele- Dutch, Flemish
- telegraferen Dutch, Flemish
- telegrafisch Dutch, Flemish
- telescoop Dutch, Flemish
- culture French
- télégraphe French
- télégraphie French
- téléphone French
- télévision French
- культу́ра Russian
- cultura Spanish, Castilian
- βουκολικός Ancient Greek
- κυκλοτερής Ancient Greek
- κύκλος Ancient Greek
- πάλαι Ancient Greek
- πέλω Ancient Greek
- περιπλόμενος Ancient Greek
- πλήμνη Ancient Greek
- πόλος Ancient Greek
- τέλειος Ancient Greek
- τέλος Ancient Greek
- τελέω Ancient Greek
- τηλεσκόπος Ancient Greek
- τῆλε Ancient Greek
- ἀνατολή Ancient Greek
- *(s)kel- Proto-Indo-European
- *-kʷolos Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷowkólos Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷowkólos, *gʷow-kólos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ésmi Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂mbʰi-kʷol-ó-s, *h₂m̥bʰikʷolós Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷekʷlóm Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷl̥His Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷl̥tós Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷolso- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷolsom Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷukʷlos Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷékʷlos Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷéleti Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷélus Proto-Indo-European
- *wert- Proto-Indo-European
- *wes- Proto-Indo-European
- kultur Norwegian Bokmål
- culto Portuguese
- cultura Portuguese
- kultur Swedish
- カルチャー Japanese
- サブカルチャー Japanese
- kultura Polish
- kultur Norwegian Nynorsk
- आचार Sanskrit
- चर् Sanskrit
- चलति Sanskrit
- চৰতি, चरति Sanskrit
- cultúr Irish
- inquilinus Old Norse
- kultur Danish
- *kolo Proto-Slavic
- kultura Czech
- kultura Serbo-Croatian
- култура Serbo-Croatian
- چالش Persian
- چریدن Persian
- κουλτούρα Greek (modern)
- dychwelyd Welsh
- pell Welsh
- klaips Latvian
- հոլով Old Armenian
- култура Bulgarian
- စက်ဘီး Burmese
- culture Middle French
- კულტურა Georgian
- култура Macedonian
- *čárati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- 서브컬처 Korean
- kalsa Tok Pisin
- kultura Ladino
- קולטורה Ladino
- aṅklautkatte Tocharian B
- *palaiós, *palai(y)ós Proto-Hellenic
- *kaklas bat-pro
- kulchur Pitcairn-Norfolk
- like
- cult
- alga
- fish
- shed
- maker
- telic
- mosaic
- cultural
- teletype
- telicity
- telegram
- culturist
- culturize
- culturism
- enculture
- columnist
- unculture
- acultural
- culturgen
- decollate
- acculture
- reculture
- coculture
- biculture
- deculture
- cultureme
- cultureful
- bicultural
- ecoculture
- zooculture
- preculture
- culturable
- aviculture
- bioculture
- nonculture
- triculture
- ur-culture
- cocultural
- culturally
- subculture
- culturcide
- decollation
- cultureshed
- geocultural
- culturalize
- culturalism
- pancultural
- oenoculture
- culturelike
- culturecide
- cryoculture
- cultureless
- tricultural
- monoculture
- fishculture
- uberculture
- culturcidal
- culturology
- precultural
- culturocide
- miniculture
- metaculture
- cultureware
- anticulture
- hemoculture
- overculture
- culturagram
- culturalist
- deculturize
- culturewide
- avicultural
- algaculture
- mycoculture
- noncultural
- ecocultural
- culturomics
- polyculture
- culturewise
- homoculture
- subcultural
- biocultural
- culturicide
- aquaculture
- narcoculture
- mosaiculture
- culturalness
- aviculturist
- culturescape
- superculture
- olericulture
- unculturable
- culturicidal
- culturecidal
- physiculture
- haemoculture
- ethnoculture
- metacultural
- overcultural
- myeloculture
- subculturist
- interculture
- underculture
- microculture
- iatroculture
- horticulture
- macroculture
- oligoculture
- self-culture
- multiculture
- monocultural
- culturemaker
- protoculture
- hyperculture
- pisciculture
- tetraculture
- urinoculture
- polycultural
- cyberculture
- hydroculture
- coproculture
- petroculture
- anticultural
- histoculture
- aquacultural
- vermiculture
- cybercultural
- sociocultural
- macrocultural
- ethnocultural
- olericultural
- pluricultural
- like-cultured
- multicultural
- econocultural
- supracultural
- piscicultural
- nonculturable
- technoculture
- culturability
- intracultural
- aquaculturist
- supercultural
- culturologist
- organoculture
- ostreiculture
- transcultural
- enculturation
- undercultural
- microcultural
- intercultural
- pisciculturist
- contracultural
- morphocultural
- linguocultural
- cross-cultural
- spatiocultural
- pseudocultural
- medicocultural
- counterculture
- linguacultural
- chronocultural
- psychocultural
- herpetoculture
- olericulturist
- technocultural
- culturalization
- herpetocultural
- ostreiculturist
- enculturational
- countercultural
- culturelessness
- herpetoculturist
- counterculturism
- counterculturist
- counterculturish
- deculturalization
- microhistoculture
- acculturalization
- historico-cultural