culture

A1 Topic:Culture & History

US /ˈkʌlt͡ʃɚ/ UK /ˈkʌlt͡ʃə/ See IPA manual

Freq #2676

Meanings

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

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

The company has a strong culture of teamwork.
3

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

The scientist examined a culture of bacteria under the microscope.

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Forms culturedculturesculturing

Derived forms acculturealgacultureanticultureaquacultureastacicultureaviculturebiculturebioculturecocultureconculturecoproculturecounterculture

Related forms acculturation agriculture cult cultivate cultural culturallyculturedhorticulture

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 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)”).

culture Middle French cultūra Latin *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European

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# culture

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkʌlt͡ʃɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkʌlt͡ʃə/
**Frequency rank:** 2676

## Meanings
1. The customs, beliefs, art, and way of life of a particular group or society.
2. The attitudes and behavior typical of a particular group or organization.
3. A group of microorganisms grown in a special substance for scientific study.

## Examples
- I love learning about other countries and their cultures.
- The company has a strong culture of teamwork.
- The scientist examined a culture of bacteria under the microscope.

## Derived Forms
- acculture
- algaculture
- anticulture
- aquaculture
- astaciculture
- aviculture
- biculture
- bioculture
- coculture
- conculture
- coproculture
- counterculture

## Related Forms
- acculturation
- agriculture
- cult
- cultivate
- cultural
- culturally
- cultured
- horticulture

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: culture
- Root: cultūra
- Root: *kʷel-

## 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 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)”).

## AI Etymology
culture comes 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)”). The historical chain includes Middle French culture, Latin cultūra, Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-. Current senses include The customs, beliefs, art, and way of life of a particular group or society and The attitudes and behavior typical of a particular group or organization. English relatives and later formations include acculture, algaculture, anticulture, acculturation, agriculture.

## Topics
- Culture & History

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