"culture" in seven languages
Meaningculture
Spanish
cultura
/kulˈtuɾa/
fem.learned
French
culture
/kyltyʁ/
fem.learned
Italian
cultura
/kulˈtura/
fem.learned
Portuguese
cultura
/kuwˈtuɾɐ/
fem.learned
Romanian
cultură
/kulˈturə/
fem.learned
Catalan
cultura
/kulˈtuɾə/
fem.learned
English
culture
/ˈkʌltʃɚ/
from Latin/French · French culture (Latin CULTŪRA)
English → ItaliancultureculturaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CULTŪRAM‘tilling, cultivation (COLERE 'to till, tend')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Culture began in the field: CULTŪRA was tilling the soil, then tending the mind. French culture still means crops too (la culture du blé).
English relatives: culture, cultivate, agriculture, cult