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culture

/ˈkʌlt͡ʃə/ British, UK, Southern, Standard
[ˈkʰʌlt͡ʃə] British, UK, Southern, Standard
/ˈkʊlt͡ʃə/ Northern England
[ˈkʰʊlt͡ʃə] Northern England
/ˈkəlt͡ʃə/ Wales
[ˈkʰəlt͡ʃə] Wales
/ˈkɐlt͡ʃə/ Australia, New Zealand
[ˈkʰɐ̞lt͡ʃə] Australia, New Zealand
/ˈkʌlt͡ʃɚ/ US
[ˈkʰʌlt͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈkʰʌlt͡ʃɹ̩] US
/ˈkʌlt͡ʃəɾ/ Scotland
[ˈkʰʌlt͡ʃəɾ] Scotland

Rhymes with -ʌltʃə(ɹ)

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Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti

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)”).

noun cultures · culcha

countable, uncountable The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize humankind, or a particular society or nation. Castration of bulls was a socialization process that turned a bull into an ox; in this transformation something wild became something very useful; nature became culture.
countable, uncountable The beliefs, values, behaviour, and material objects that constitute a people's way of life. I condemn neither way; but culture works differently. It does not try to teach down to the level of inferior classes; it does not try to win them for this or that sect of its own, with ready-made judgments and watchwords. It seeks to do away with classes; to make the best that has been thought and k
countable, uncountable The conventional conducts and ideologies of a community; the system comprising the accepted norms and values of a society. Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution.
countable, uncountable Any knowledge passed from one generation to the next, not necessarily with respect to human beings.
countable, uncountable Cultivation. http://counties.cce.cornell.edu/suffolk/grownet/flowers/sprgbulb.htm The Culture of Spring-Flowering Bulbs
countable, uncountable The process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium.
countable, uncountable The growth thus produced. I'm headed to the lab to make sure my cell culture hasn't died.
countable, uncountable A group of bacteria.
countable, uncountable 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.
abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of archaeological culture (“recurring assemblage of artifacts from a specific time and place that may constitute the material culture remains of a particular past human society”).archaeological culture
countable, euphemistic, uncountable Ethnicity, race (and its associated arts, customs, etc.).

verb cultures · culturing · cultured · culcha

transitive to maintain in an environment suitable for growth (especially of bacteria) (compare cultivate)
transitive to increase the artistic or scientific interest (in something) (compare cultivate)

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