culto

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Asturian

Adjective

culto

  1. neuter of cultu

French

Etymology

Clipping of agriculteur or cultivateur + -o.

Pronunciation

Noun

culto m (plural cultos)

  1. (informal) farmer
    Synonym: agriculteur

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkul.to/
  • Rhymes: -ulto
  • Hyphenation: cùl‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin cultus (“reverence, adoration, veneration”), noun use of the perfect passive participle of colō (“to cultivate; to worship”), originating from Proto-Indo-European *kʷl̥tós, derived from the root *kʷel- (“to turn”). Doublet of colto.

Noun

culto m (plural culti)

  1. (religion) religious devotion
    Synonyms: adorazione, devozione, ossequio, venerazione
  2. (religion) liturgy (set of rituals)
    Synonyms: liturgia, riti, rituali
  3. (by extension) religion
    Synonyms: confessione, credo, fede, religione
  4. worship, adoration (in a non-religious sense)
    Synonyms: adorazione, devozione, esaltazione, venerazione
  5. strong attachment
  6. obsession, admiration
  7. (obsolete) cultivation
    Synonym: coltivazione

Etymology 2

From Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“to cultivate; to inhabit”), originating from Proto-Indo-European *kʷl̥tós.

Adjective

culto (feminine culta, masculine plural culti, feminine plural culte) (literary)

  1. cultured, well-educated, cultivated
    Synonyms: colto, istruito
    Antonyms: ignorante, incolto
  2. elegant, embellished
    Synonyms: elegante, ornato
  3. cultivated
    Synonym: coltivato
  4. inhabited
    Synonym: abitato

Latin

Participle

cultō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cultus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cultus.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ultu, (Brazil) -uwtu
  • Hyphenation: cul‧to

Adjective

culto (feminine culta, masculine plural cultos, feminine plural cultas)

  1. learned (having much learning)
    Synonyms: douto, erudito, instruído, sábio, ilustrado

Noun

culto m (plural cultos)

  1. worship (religious ceremony that expresses devotion)
  2. cult; sect
    Synonym: seita
  3. cult (devotion to a saint)
    Synonym: veneração

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cultus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkulto/
  • Rhymes: -ulto
  • Syllabification: cul‧to

Adjective

culto (feminine culta, masculine plural cultos, feminine plural cultas)

  1. educated; cultured
    Synonym: educado
    Antonyms: inculto, ignorante
  2. (linguistics) learned
  3. (rare, of a plant) cultivated
    Synonym: cultivado
    Antonym: silvestre

Derived terms

Noun

culto m (plural cultos)

  1. worship (the devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object)
    Synonyms: adoración, devoción
  2. worship; ritual, rite (the religious ceremonies that express devotion)
  3. cult (a group or sect of people with a deviant religious, philosophical or cultural identity)
    película de culto ― cult film

Derived terms

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