cultuur

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle French culture (cultivation; culture), from Latin cultūra (cultivation; culture), from cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (till, cultivate, worship) (related to colōnus and colōnia), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (to move; to turn (around)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʏlˈtyr/, [kʏlˈtyːr]
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  • Rhymes: -yr
  • Hyphenation: cul‧tuur

Noun

cultuur f (plural culturen, diminutive cultuurtje n)

  1. culture (practices and beliefs particular to a society or group)
  2. culture (arts, historic heritage and media as a sector)
  3. culture, cultivation (tillage of crops)
  4. culture (collective of microorganisms)
  5. culture (collection of artificially bred bacteria or fungi)

Derived terms

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