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cultured

/ˈkʌlt͡ʃɚd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.30 in modern English

Syllables
cul-tured
IPA
/ˈkʌlt͡ʃɚd/
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Learned in the ways of civilized society; civilized; refined.

adj

Artificially developed.

verb

simple past and past participle of culture

Example Sentences

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈkʌlt͡ʃɚd/
  • British English: /ˈkʌlt͡ʃəd/

Inflected Forms

more cultured (comparative) most cultured (superlative)

Derived Forms

aquacultured cocultured culturedness encultured histocultured miscultured monocultured multicultured noncultured overcultured polycultured precultured

Phrases

cultured meat cultured stone like-cultured

Synonyms

cultivated civilized civilised genteel polite

Antonyms

uncultured

Questions

How do you pronounce cultured?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkʌlt͡ʃɚd/.
What does cultured mean?
Learned in the ways of civilized society; civilized; refined.

How to pronounce cultured

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  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ˈkʌlt͡ʃɚd/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
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