culto

• IPA^(key): /ˈkul.to/, [ˈkul̪t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ulto
• Stress: cùlto
• Hyphenation: cul‧to

From Latin cultus (“reverence, adoration, veneration”), noun use of the perfect passive participle of colō (“to cultivate; to worship”), originating from Proto-Indo-European *kʷl̥tós, derived from the root *kʷel- (“to turn”). See also colto.

culto m (plural culti)

1. Meanings related to religion:
   1. religious devotion

      Synonyms: adorazione, devozione, ossequio, venerazione

   2. liturgy (set of rituals)

      Synonyms: liturgia, riti, rituali

   3. (by extension) religion

      Synonyms: confessione, credo, fede, religione

2. Meanings related to non-religious attachment:
   1. worship, adoration

      Synonyms: adorazione, devozione, esaltazione, venerazione

   2. strong attachment
   3. obsession, admiration
3. (obsolete) cultivation

   Synonym: coltivazione

From Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“to cultivate; to inhabit”), originating from Proto-Indo-European *kʷl̥tós.

culto (feminine singular culta, masculine plural culti, feminine plural culte) (literary)

1. cultured, well-educated, cultivated

   Synonyms: colto, istruito

   Antonyms: ignorante, incolto

2. elegant, embellished

   Synonyms: elegante, ornato

3. Participial meanings:
   1. cultivated

      Synonym: coltivato

   2. inhabited

      Synonym: abitato

• culteranismo
• cultismo
• cultore
• cultura

cultō

1. dative masculine singular of cultus
2. dative neuter singular of cultus
3. ablative masculine singular of cultus
4. ablative neuter plural of cultus

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culto m (feminine singular culta, masculine plural cultos, feminine plural cultas, comparable)

1. learned (having much learning)

• douto, erudito, instruído, sábio, ilustrado

culto m (plural cultos)

1. worship (religious ceremony that expresses devotion)
2. cult; sect
3. cult (devotion to a saint)

• (sect): seita
• (devotion to a saint): veneração

From Latin cultus.

culto (feminine singular culta, masculine plural cultos, feminine plural cultas)

1. educated

culto m (plural cultos)

1. cult
2. worship