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

• 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
• 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
• 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)
• Korean: 갈다 (ko) ‎(galda)
• Norman: tchultiver
• Maori: pako, pāpako
• Portuguese: lavrar (pt)
• Russian: возде́лывать (ru) impf ‎(vozdélyvatʹ), возде́лать (ru) pf ‎(vozdélatʹ), обраба́тывать (ru) impf ‎(obrabátyvatʹ), обрабо́тать (ru) pf ‎(obrabótatʹ)

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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