cultural

B1
US /ˈkʌlt͡ʃ(ə)ɹəl/ UK /ˈkʌlt͡ʃ(ʊ)əɹəl/
adj Freq #6019

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    of or relating to the arts and manners that a group favors

    cultural events

  2. 2
    adj

    denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people

    influenced by ethnic and cultural ties- J.F.Kennedy

  3. 3
    adj

    relating to the raising of plants or animals

    a cultural variety

  4. 4
    adj

    of or relating to the shared knowledge and values of a society

    cultural roots

  5. 5
    adj

    Pertaining to culture.

    Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.

  6. 6
    adj

    Due to human activity.

    cultural lighting

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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 adj · denoting or deriving from... ethnic
Word family
Derived forms acculturalizationaculturalanticulturalbiculturalbioculturalchronoculturalcoculturalcontraculturalcounterculturalcross-culturalculturalismculturalist

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