Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bicultural

/baɪˈkəlt͡ʃ(ə)ɹəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables: bi-cul-tur-al
IPA: /baɪˈkəlt͡ʃ(ə)ɹəl/

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Adapted to two separate cultures.

noun

A person belonging to two cultures.

Example Sentences

"[W]ithout English, I would not be how I am: a bilingual and bicultural person at home in both English and Japanese."
"Also as unfortunate are the overt and covert deficit notions held by teachers and administrators towards bicultural students; deficit notions, extended, by assocation, to bicultural parents. These misguided notions are propagated, for the most part, devoid of any systematic analysis that directly implicates the oppressive social, economic, political, cultural and linguistic forces that structurally shape and perpetuate the exclusion, exploitation, and domination of bicultural communities."
"Compared with ethnic affirmers, biculturals are better educated; have higher incomes, socioeconomic status, and self-esteem; and are more involved in local social networks."
"Persons without a migratory background may also have a transcultural identity—and not everybody who is confronted with at least two cultures is automatically supposed to have a transcultural identity[…]. Thus, biculturals do not necessarily have a transcultural identity."
"With every win, coach Regragui dreams louder and louder of actually becoming World Champion, and urges all Moroccans, biculturals and binationals across the world to openly do the same."

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh₁ Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- 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 bicultural The adjective is derived from bi- (prefix meaning ‘two’) + culture + -al. The noun is derived from the adjective.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: bi
Suffix: culture

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /baɪˈkəlt͡ʃ(ə)ɹəl/
British English: /baɪˈkʌlt͡ʃ(ʊ)əɹəl/

Inflected Forms

more bicultural (comparative) most bicultural (superlative) biculturals (plural)

Derived Forms

biculturalism biculturality biculturally biculturation

Frequently Paired Words

monocultural tricultural multicultural polycultural

Questions

How do you pronounce bicultural?: The recorded pronunciation is /baɪˈkəlt͡ʃ(ə)ɹəl/.
What does bicultural mean?: Adapted to two separate cultures.
Where does bicultural come from?: PIE word *dwóh₁ Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- 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 bicultural The adjective is derived from bi- (prefix meaning ‘two’) + culture + -al. The noun is derived from the adjective.

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