culture

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The customs, beliefs, art, and way of life of a particular group or society.

   I love learning about other countries and their cultures.

2. 2
   noun

   The attitudes and behavior typical of a particular group or organization.

   The company has a strong culture of teamwork.

3. 3
   noun

   A group of microorganisms grown in a special substance for scientific study.

   The scientist examined a culture of bacteria under the microscope.

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 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)”).

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