cultivation

English

Etymology

From cultivate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌkʌltɪˈveɪʃən
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

cultivation (countable and uncountable; plural cultivations)

1. The art or act of cultivating; improvement of land for or by agriculture

   The heavy cultivation of the hillside led to soil erosion.

2. The state of being cultivated or used for agriculture

   These fields are in cultivation.

3. Devotion of time or attention to the improvement of (something)

   His steadfast cultivation of their relationship finally bore fruit.

4. Advancement or refinement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition

   She is a woman of great cultivation.

Synonyms

• (art or act of cultivating): tillage
• (advancement or refinement in condition): refinement, culture; education

Related terms

• cultivar
• cultivate, cultivator

Translations

art or act of cultivating

• Arabic: تهذيب (ar) (tahḏīb) m
• Bulgarian: обработка (bg) (obrabotka), отглеждане (bg) (otgleždane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 養殖 (cmn), 养殖 (cmn) (yǎngzhí)

• Dutch: teelt (nl) c
• Esperanto: kultivado (eo)
• Finnish: viljely (fi)
• French: culture (fr) f
• German: Bodenbearbeitung (de) f, Kultivierung (de) f
• Indonesian: kultivasi (id)
• Italian: coltura (it) f
• Japanese: 栽培 (ja) (さいばい, saibai)

• Korean: 경작 (ko) (gyeongjak)
• Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭡𐭠𐭣𐭠𐭭𐭩𐭤 (ābādānīh)
• Persian: کشت (fa) (kešt)
• Romanian: cultivare (ro) m, cultură agricolă (ro) f, cultivație (ro) f
• Russian: культивирование (ru) (kulʹtivírovanije) n, (of soil) возделывание (ru) (vozdélyvanije) n, (processing) обработка (ru) (obrabо́tka) f, (growing) выращивание (ru) (vyráščivanije) n
• Santali: ᱚᱵᱚᱫ (abad) (harvesting)
• Scottish Gaelic: àiteach (gd) m
• Spanish: cultivación (es) f, cultivo (es) m
• Telugu: వ్యవసాయము (te)

devotion of time or attention to the improvement of

• Hebrew: טיפוח (t'ipuakh) m
• Italian: coltura (it) f

• Romanian: cultură (ro) f

advancement or refinement in condition

• German: Bildung (de) f
• Italian: coltura (it) f

• Korean: 수련 (ko) (suryeon)
• Romanian: cultivare (ro) f, instruire (ro) f