cultural

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈkʌlt͡ʃ(ə)ɹəl/ UK /ˈkʌlt͡ʃ(ʊ)əɹəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #6019

Meanings

1

adj
Relating to the customs, beliefs, and way of life of a particular group or society.

The festival celebrates the cultural traditions of the region.
2

adj
Relating to art, music, literature, and other intellectual activities.

The city offers many cultural events, such as concerts and exhibitions.

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Synonyms

1 adj · relating to the customs,... ethnic

Word family

Derived forms acculturalizationaculturalanticulturalbiculturalbioculturalchronoculturalcoculturalcontraculturalcounterculturalcross-culturalculturalismculturalist

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Phrases (4)

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cultural anthropologist
a researcher who studies human customs, relationships, and ways of life

Adjective + noun
cultural revolution
a far-reaching change in a society's beliefs, customs, or ways of living

Adjective + noun
cultural surroundings
the social and artistic environment influencing a person's experiences

Adjective + noun
cultural trait
a recognizable practice, belief, or feature shared within a culture

Adjective + noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English cultural From culture + -al.

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# cultural

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈkʌlt͡ʃ(ə)ɹəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkʌlt͡ʃ(ʊ)əɹəl/
**Frequency rank:** 6019

## Meanings
1. Relating to the customs, beliefs, and way of life of a particular group or society.
2. Relating to art, music, literature, and other intellectual activities.

## Examples
- The festival celebrates the cultural traditions of the region.
- The city offers many cultural events, such as concerts and exhibitions.

## Derived Forms
- acculturalization
- acultural
- anticultural
- bicultural
- biocultural
- chronocultural
- cocultural
- contracultural
- countercultural
- cross-cultural
- culturalism
- culturalist

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English cultural From culture + -al.

## AI Etymology
Cultural is formed from culture + -al. The recorded chain for the base runs through Middle French culture, Latin cultūra, Latin colō, and Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-, then adds the adjective-forming -al through Old French -al and Middle English -al. Current senses cover the customs, beliefs, and way of life of a group, as well as art, music, literature, and other intellectual activities. Later formations include acculturalization, acultural, and anticultural.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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