kultivar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowing from English cultivate, French cultiver, German kultivieren, Italian coltivare, Russian культиви́ровать (kulʹtivírovatʹ) and Spanish cultivar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kultiˈvar/
  • Hyphenation: kul‧ti‧var

Verb

kultivar (present tense kultivas, past tense kultivis, future tense kultivos, imperative kultivez, conditional kultivus)

  1. (transitive) to cultivate: till (land)
  2. (transitive) to raise, as plant or crop, by tillage
  3. (transitive) to improve and develop by study and training (of arts, letters, the mind, etc.)
  4. (transitive) to pay assiduous attention to, to foster (of friendship, acquaintance, etc.)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • kultivo (cultivation, tillage, husbandry)
  • kultiveso (cultivation, tillage, husbandry)
  • kultivebla (cultivable, arable)
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