acculture
See also: acculturé
English
editEtymology
editEither ac- + culture or a back-formation from acculturation.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /əˈkʌl.t͡ʃɚ/
Audio (Northern California): (file)
Verb
editacculture (third-person singular simple present accultures, present participle acculturing, simple past and past participle accultured)
- To familiarize oneself with, and adopt a new culture, especially by an immigrant
- I accultured myself very easily when I moved from Chile to Brazil; Portuguese, being similar to Spanish, was easy to learn. It might have been harder to acculture to life in Hong Kong.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editfamiliarize oneself with a new culture
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French
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file) - Homophones: acculturent, accultures
Verb
editacculture
- inflection of acculturer:
Latin
editParticiple
editaccultūre
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