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viticulture

/ˈvɪdəˌkəltʃər/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English

Syllables
viti-cul-ture
IPA
/ˈvɪdəˌkəltʃər/
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The agricultural practice of growing vines, particularly grape vines.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis Proto-Italic *wītis Latin vītisder. English viti- 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 viticulture From viti- + culture, from Latin vītis + cultūra (“cultivation of the vine, vine-growing”). Compare agriculture.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈvɪdəˌkəltʃər/
  • British English: /ˈvɪtɪˌkʌltʃə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

viticultures (plural)

Derived Forms

viticultural viticulturer viticulturist

Synonyms

viniculture winegrowing vine-growing

Questions

How do you pronounce viticulture?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvɪdəˌkəltʃər/.
What does viticulture mean?
The agricultural practice of growing vines, particularly grape vines.
Where does viticulture come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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