/kyl.ty.ʁɛl/
Translation
cultural
Word origin
From culture ('culture, cultivation') plus the adjectival suffix -el. Culture itself comes from Latin cultura, from colere ('to cultivate, to tend'). English culture and cultivate share the same Latin root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- colere
- English cognates
- culture, cultivate
Grammar
Examples
exposition -ci.
The cultural centre is holding an exhibition this month.
enrichit .
Cultural diversity enriches our society.
patrimoine .
This festival showcases regional cultural heritage.
Masculine and feminine sound identical (both end in the same /ɛl/), so the only place the spelling matters is on the page, not in the ear. It appears constantly in set phrases worth learning as chunks: le patrimoine culturel (cultural heritage), un échange culturel (a cultural exchange), un choc culturel (culture shock).
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