cultuur

Meaning

1. (feminine) culture (practices and beliefs particular to a society or group)
2. (feminine) culture (arts, historic heritage and creative media as a sector)
3. (feminine) culture (cultivation, tillage of crops)
4. (feminine) culture (collective of microorganisms, such as artificially bred bacteria or fungi)

Concepts

culture

cultivation

raising

tillage

working

enlightenment

knowledge

civilization

Hyphenated as

cul‧tuur

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kʏlˈtyr/

Etymology

From Middle French culture (“cultivation; culture”), from Latin cultūra (“cultivation; culture”), from cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“till, cultivate, worship”) (related to colōnus and colōnia), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”).

Sentences

Er is een nieuwe cultuur ontstaan .

A new culture has developed.

In het internationaal beleid speelt cultuur een grote rol .

Culture plays a major role in international policy.