colto

Meaning

Adj

1. cultivated (of land)
2. cultured, well-educated, cultivated (of people)
3. cultured, refined (e.g. of speech, writing)
4. (obsolete) venerated, revered

Noun

cultivated field

Verb

past participle of cogliere

Concepts

cultured

learned

educated

cultivated

well-read

seized

unprimitive

well-mannered

civilized

Polite

erudite

high-minded

literate

polite

Opposite of

incolto, acculturato, ignorante

Synonyms

istruito

erudito

educato

letterato

manieroso

raffinato

che ha letto molto

di cultura

’struitu

colte

istruita

distinto

istruiti

coltivato

Translations

cultivé

culto

gebildet

culte

kultiviert

kültürlü

cultivado

متعلم

gesittet

lettré

erzogen

διαβασμένος

μορφω

πολυμαθής

zivilisiert

Hyphenated as

cól‧to

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkol.to/

Etymology

From Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of verb colō (“to till, to cultivate”), originating from Proto-Indo-European *kʷl̥tós, derived from the root *kʷel- (“to turn”). Doublet of culto.