Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cultural

/ˈkʌl.tʃ(ə.)ɹəl/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.75 in modern English

Syllables: cul-tur-al
IPA: /ˈkʌl.tʃ(ə.)ɹəl/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to culture.

adj

Due to human activity.

Example Sentences

"However, and this was an important point in Gramsci's argument, the workers could only win if they achieved cultural 'hegemony' before attaining political power."
"Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes."
"Ithaca is also a vibrant college town — home to Cornell University and Ithaca College — with more cultural offerings than its size would suggest, thanks in large part to the people those institutions attract."
"cultural lighting"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English -al English cultural From culture + -al.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkʌl.tʃ(ə.)ɹəl/
British English: /ˈkʌl.tʃ(ʊ.)ɹəl/

Inflected Forms

more cultural (comparative) most cultural (superlative)

Derived Forms

acculturalization acultural anticultural bicultural biocultural chronocultural cocultural contracultural countercultural culturalism culturalist culturality

Phrases

cross-cultural cross-cultural communication cultural anthropologist cultural anthropology cultural appropriation cultural appropriator cultural arbitrary cultural barbiturate

Synonyms

ethnic ethnical

Rhymes With

agricultural multicultural horticultural intercultural countercultural nonagricultural

Questions

How do you pronounce cultural?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkʌl.tʃ(ə.)ɹəl/.
What does cultural mean?: Pertaining to culture.
Where does cultural come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English -al English cultural From culture + -al.

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