cultivate

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Medieval Latin cultivātus, perfect passive participle of cultivō (“till, cultivate”), from cultīvus (“tilled”), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“till, cultivate”), which comes from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πέλω (pélō) and Sanskrit चरति (cárati). The same Proto-Indo-European root also gave Latin in-quil-īnus (“inhabitant”) and anculus (“servant”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌltɪveɪt/

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VerbEdit

cultivate (third-person singular simple present cultivates, present participle cultivating, simple past and past participle cultivated)

1. To grow plants, notably crops

   Farmers should cultivate their crops to get a good harvest.

2. To nurture; to foster; to tend.

   They tried to cultivate an interest in learning among their students.

3. To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting.

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from cultivate

• cultivable
• cultivar

• cultivated
• cultivation

• cultivator
• uncultivated

TranslationsEdit

grow plants, notably crops

• Bulgarian: отглеждам (bg) (otgleždam)
• Catalan: conrear (ca), cultivar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耕種 (zh), 耕种 (zh) (gēngzhòng), 種植 (zh), 种植 (zh) (zhòngzhí)

• Czech: obdělávat
• Danish: dyrke (da)
• Dutch: telen (nl), verbouwen (nl)
• Finnish: viljellä (fi)
• French: cultiver (fr)
• German: kultivieren (de), anbauen (de)
• Hebrew: גידל‏‎ (gidél)
• Interlingua: cultivar
• Italian: coltivare (it)
• Japanese: 栽培する (ja) (さいばいする, saibai suru)

• Khmer: ធ្វើកសិកម្ម (tvəə ka’se’kam)
• Korean: 갈다 (ko) (galda)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: کشتوکاڵ کردن‏‎ (kishtukal kirdin)

• Latin: colō
• Maori: whakatupu
• Ngazidja Comorian: ulima
• Norman: tchultiver (Jersey)
• Portuguese: cultivar (pt), plantar (pt)
• Russian: выра́щивать (ru) impf (vyráščivatʹ), вы́растить (ru) pf (výrastitʹ), культиви́ровать (ru) impf, pf (kulʹtivírovatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: àitich
• Spanish: cultivar (es)
• Swedish: odla (sv)

nurture

• Bulgarian: подхранвам (bg) (podhranvam)
• Catalan: conrear (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 培育 (zh) (péiyù), 培養 (zh), 培养 (zh) (péiyǎng)

• Danish: pleje
• Dutch: cultiveren (nl), verzorgen (nl)
• Finnish: herättää (fi)
• French: cultiver (fr)
• German: kultivieren (de), pflegen (de)

• Hebrew: טיפח‏‎ (tipéakh)
• Italian: coltivare (it)
• Japanese: 養う (やしなう, yashinau)
• Khmer: ចម្រើនលូតលាស់ (jɑɑmraən luut loah)
• Korean: 갈고닦다 (galgodakkda), 연마하다 (yeonmahada)
• Norman: tchultiver (Jersey)
• Portuguese: cultivar (pt), alimentar (pt)
• Russian: культиви́ровать (ru) impf, pf (kulʹtivírovatʹ)

turn or stir soil in preparation for planting

• Bulgarian: обработвам (bg) (obrabotvam), култивирам (bg) (kultiviram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耕種 (zh), 耕种 (zh) (gēngzhòng), 種植 (zh), 种植 (zh) (zhòngzhí)

• Dutch: bewerken (nl)
• Finnish: muokata (fi), (to plough) kyntää (fi), (to harrow) äestää (fi)
• French: cultiver (fr)
• German: bestellen (de)
• Hebrew: עיבד‏‎ (ibéd)

• Italian: coltivare (it)
• Japanese: 耕す (ja) (たがやす, tagayasu), 耕作する (ja) (こうさく-する, kōsaku suru)
• Korean: 갈다 (ko) (galda)
• Maori: pako, pāpako
• Norman: tchultiver (Jersey)
• Portuguese: lavrar (pt)
• Russian: возде́лывать (ru) impf (vozdélyvatʹ), возде́лать (ru) pf (vozdélatʹ), обраба́тывать (ru) impf (obrabátyvatʹ), обрабо́тать (ru) pf (obrabótatʹ)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} cultivar
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} odla

• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} సాగు చేయు (sāgu cēyu)

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InterlinguaEdit

ParticipleEdit

cultivate

1. past participle of cultivar