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English
Etymology
Either ac- + culture or a back-formation from acculturation.
Pronunciation
Verb
acculture (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
Translations
familiarize oneself with a new culture
French
Pronunciation
Verb
acculture
- inflection of acculturer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Latin
Participle
accultūre
- vocative masculine singular of accultūrus