culto

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkul.to/, [ˈkul̪t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ulto
  • Stress: cùlto
  • Hyphenation: cul‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin cultus (“reverence, adoration, veneration”), noun use of the perfect passive participle of colō (“to cultivate; to worship”), originating from Proto-Indo-European *kʷl̥tós, derived from the root *kʷel- (“to turn”). See also colto.

Noun

culto m (plural culti)

  1. Meanings related to religion:
    1. religious devotion
      Synonyms: adorazione, devozione, ossequio, venerazione
    2. liturgy (set of rituals)
      Synonyms: liturgia, riti, rituali
    3. (by extension) religion
      Synonyms: confessione, credo, fede, religione
  2. Meanings related to non-religious attachment:
    1. worship, adoration
      Synonyms: adorazione, devozione, esaltazione, venerazione
    2. strong attachment
    3. obsession, admiration
  3. (obsolete) cultivation
    Synonym: coltivazione

Etymology 2

From Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“to cultivate; to inhabit”), originating from Proto-Indo-European *kʷl̥tós.

Adjective

culto (feminine singular culta, masculine plural culti, feminine plural culte) (literary)

  1. cultured, well-educated, cultivated
    Synonyms: colto, istruito
    Antonyms: ignorante, incolto
  2. elegant, embellished
    Synonyms: elegante, ornato
  3. Participial meanings:
    1. cultivated
      Synonym: coltivato
    2. inhabited
      Synonym: abitato

Latin

Participle

cultō

  1. dative masculine singular of cultus
  2. dative neuter singular of cultus
  3. ablative masculine singular of cultus
  4. ablative neuter plural of cultus

Portuguese

Adjective

culto m (feminine singular culta, masculine plural cultos, feminine plural cultas, comparable)

  1. learned (having much learning)

Synonyms

Noun

culto m (plural cultos)

  1. worship (religious ceremony that expresses devotion)
  2. cult; sect
  3. cult (devotion to a saint)

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cultus.

Adjective

culto (feminine singular culta, masculine plural cultos, feminine plural cultas)

  1. educated

Noun

culto m (plural cultos)

  1. cult
  2. worship
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