Etymology
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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”).
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈkʌltɪveɪt/
- Hyphenation: cul‧ti‧vate
cultivate (third-person singular simple present cultivates, present participle cultivating, simple past and past participle cultivated)
- To grow plants, notably crops.
Most farmers in this region cultivate maize.
- (figurative) To nurture; to foster; to tend.
They tried to cultivate an interest in learning among their students.
2021 June 7, Mark Landler, “As a Tense Summer Looms, Northern Ireland Braces”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:[…] after four years in which President Donald J. Trump had cultivated Mr. Johnson and expressed sympathy for Britain in its bitter divorce with the European Union.
- To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting or as a method of weed control between growing crop plants.
Derived terms
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Translations
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grow plants, notably crops
- Azerbaijani: yetişdirmək (az), yetirmək (az), bozartmaq, becərmək
- Bulgarian: отглеждам (bg) (otgleždam)
- Catalan: conrear (ca), cultivar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 耕種／耕种 (zh) (gēngzhòng), 種植／种植 (zh) (zhòngzhí)
- Czech: obdělávat
- Danish: dyrke (da)
- Dutch: telen (nl), verbouwen (nl)
- Finnish: viljellä (fi)
- French: cultiver (fr)
- Galician: cultivar (gl), traballar (gl)
- German: kultivieren (de), anbauen (de)
- Hungarian: termeszt (hu), tenyészt (hu), szaporít (hu)
- Interlingua: cultivar
- Italian: coltivare (it)
- Japanese: 栽培する (ja) (さいばいする, saibai suru)
- Kapampangan: mangambul
- Khmer: ធ្វើកសិកម្ម (tvəə ka’se’kam)
- Korean: 갈다 (ko) (galda)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: کشتوکاڵ کردن (kiştukall kirdin)
- Latin: colō
- Macedonian: одгле́дува impf (odgléduva), о́дгледа pf (ódgleda)
- Maori: whakatupu, tāmata
- Ngazidja Comorian: ulima
- Norman: tchultiver (Jersey)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kultivere (no), dyrke (no)
- Polish: kultywować impf, uprawiać (pl) impf, uprawić pf
- Portuguese: cultivar (pt), plantar (pt)
- Russian: выра́щивать (ru) impf (vyráščivatʹ), вы́растить (ru) pf (výrastitʹ), культиви́ровать (ru) impf or pf (kulʹtivírovatʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: àitich
- Spanish: cultivar (es)
- Swedish: odla (sv)
- Ukrainian: культивува́ти impf or pf (kulʹtyvuváty), виро́щувати impf (vyróščuvaty), ви́ростити pf (výrostyty)
- Zazaki: cı nayen, cı resnen
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nurture
- Azerbaijani: bəsləmək (az)
- Bulgarian: подхранвам (bg) (podhranvam)
- Catalan: conrear (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 培育 (zh) (péiyù), 培養／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)
- Hungarian: ápol (hu), tart (hu), űz (hu), kultivál (hu), művel (hu), gyakorol (hu), fejleszt (hu), csiszol (hu), palléroz (hu)
- Italian: coltivare (it)
- Japanese: 養う (ja) (やしなう, yashinau)
- Khmer: ចម្រើនលូតលាស់ (jɑɑmraən luut loah)
- Korean: 갈고닦다 (galgodakda), 연마하다 (yeonmahada)
- Latin: colō
- Macedonian: пре́несе pf (prénese), прене́сува impf (prenésuva)
- Norman: tchultiver (Jersey)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: dyrke (no)
- Polish: pielęgnować (pl) impf
- Portuguese: cultivar (pt), alimentar (pt)
- Russian: культиви́ровать (ru) impf or pf (kulʹtivírovatʹ)
- Ukrainian: культивува́ти impf or pf (kulʹtyvuváty)
- Zazaki: wari kerden
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turn or stir soil in preparation for planting
- Bulgarian: обработвам (bg) (obrabotvam), култивирам (bg) (kultiviram)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 耕種／耕种 (zh) (gēngzhòng), 種植／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)
- Hungarian: művel (hu)
- Irish: rómhair
- 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)
- Macedonian: обрабо́тува impf (obrabótuva), обра́боти pf (obráboti)
- Maori: pako, pāpako, tāmata
- Norman: tchultiver (Jersey)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: dyrke (no)
- Polish: kultywować impf, obrabiać (pl) impf, obrobić (pl) pf
- Portuguese: lavrar (pt)
- Russian: возде́лывать (ru) impf (vozdélyvatʹ), возде́лать (ru) pf (vozdélatʹ), обраба́тывать (ru) impf (obrabátyvatʹ), обрабо́тать (ru) pf (obrabótatʹ)
- Ukrainian: обробля́ти impf (obrobljáty), оброби́ти pf (obrobýty)
- Zazaki: resnayen
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