"cultural" in seven languages
Meaningcultural
Spanish
cultural
/kultuˈɾal/
learned
French
culturel
/kyltyʁɛl/
learned
Italian
culturale
/kultuˈrale/
learned
Portuguese
cultural
/kuwtuˈɾaw/
learned
Romanian
cultural
/kultuˈral/
learned
Catalan
cultural
/kultuˈɾal/
learned
English
cultural
/ˈkʌltʃɚəl/
from Latin/French · English culture + -al (Latin CULTŪRA)
English → ItalianculturalculturaleCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CULTŪRAM‘tilling, cultivation’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Culture was first the tilling of fields (COLERE 'to till'); the adjective is a modern learned formation, built alike in all four languages.
English relatives: culture, cultivate, agriculture
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In a sentence
- esLa ciudad tiene una vida cultural muy rica.
- frLa ville a une vie culturelle très riche.
- itLa città ha una vita culturale molto ricca.
- ptA cidade tem uma vida cultural muito rica.
- roOrașul are o viață culturală foarte bogată.
- caLa ciutat té una vida cultural molt rica.
- enThe city has a rich cultural life.
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