culte

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cultus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈkul.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkul.te]

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Adjective

culte m or f (masculine and feminine plural cultes)

1. cultured, world-wise

   Antonym: inculte

Related terms

• inculte

Noun

culte m (plural cultes)

1. worship

   Synonym: adoració

Further reading

• “culte”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “culte”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “culte” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “culte”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sultɛ]

Verb

culte

1. second-person plural imperative of culit

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cultus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kylt/

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Rhymes: -ylt
• Homophone: cultes

Noun

culte m (plural cultes)

1. religion
2. cult (religious veneration given to a deity or saint)

Usage notes

• This term is (generally) a faux ami of English cult, which in English tends to carry a derogatory connotation.

Derived terms

• culte de la personnalité
• culte du cargo
• cultuel
• denier du culte
• liberté de culte
• lieu de culte
• ministre du culte
• polyculte

Descendants

• → English: cult
• → Romanian: cult
• → Turkish: kült

Adjective

culte (plural cultes)

1. (relational) cult
2. iconic

Further reading

• “culte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Adjective

culte

1. feminine plural of culto

Latin

Participle

culte

1. vocative masculine singular of cultus

References

• “culte”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “culte”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “culte”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkulte]

Noun

culte n

1. indefinite plural of cult