cultivar

English

Etymology

Blend of cultivated +‎ variety or cultigen +‎ variety. Coined by American botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1923.

Noun

cultivar (plural cultivars)

1. A cultivated variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species. [from 1923]

Derived terms

• cultivar group

Hypernyms

• (cultivated variety of plant): cultigen

See also

• ICNCP

Translations

cultivated variety

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: cultivar (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 栽培品種／栽培品种 (zh), 栽培品种 (zh) (zāipéi pǐnzhǒng)

• Finnish: lajike (fi)
• French: cultivar (fr) m
• German: Cultivar m, Kultivar m, Kulturvarietät f, Sorte (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: saothróg f
• Japanese: 栽培品種 (さいばいひんしゅ, saibai hinshu), 園芸品種 (えんげいひんしゅ, engei hinshu)
• Korean: 재배종 (jaebaejong), 원예품종 (wonyepumjong)
• Polish: kultywar (pl) m
• Russian: сорт (ru) m (sort), культива́р (ru) m (kulʹtivár)
• Spanish: cultivar (es) m
• Swedish: sort (sv) c, kultivar c, kultursort (sv) c, namnsort c

Anagrams

• curvital

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Catalan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cultivāre, present active infinitive of cultivō (“I till, cultivate”), from cultīvus (“tilled”), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“I till, cultivate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kul.tiˈβa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kul.tiˈva]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [kul.tiˈvaɾ]

Verb

cultivar (first-person singular present cultivo, first-person singular preterite cultiví, past participle cultivat)

1. (agriculture) to cultivate; to grow (plants, etc.)

   Synonym: conrear

Related terms

• cultiu

Noun

cultivar f (plural cultivars)

1. cultivar (a cultivated variety of a plant species)

Further reading

• “cultivar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cultivar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “cultivar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cultivar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English cultivar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʏl.tiˌvɑr/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: cul‧ti‧var

Noun

cultivar m (plural cultivars)

1. cultivar

Hypernyms

• variëteit

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Interlingua

Verb

cultivar

1. to cultivate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cultivar

infinitive		cultivar
participle		present	perfect
		cultivante	cultivate
active		simple	perfect
	present	cultiva	ha cultivate
	past	cultivava	habeva cultivate
	future	cultivara	habera cultivate
	conditional	cultivarea	haberea cultivate
	imperative	cultiva
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es cultivate	ha essite cultivate
	past	esseva cultivate	habeva essite cultivate
	future	essera cultivate	habera essite cultivate
	conditional	esserea cultivate	haberea essite cultivate
	imperative	sia cultivate

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cultivāre, present active infinitive of cultivō (“I till, cultivate”), from cultīvus (“tilled”), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“I till, cultivate”).

Verb

1. (agriculture) to cultivate; to grow (plants, etc.)

Related terms

• cultivo

Further reading

• Template:R:Priberam

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Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cultivāre, present active infinitive of cultivō (“I till, cultivate”), from cultīvus (“tilled”), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“I till, cultivate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kultiˈbaɾ/ [kul̪.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ]

Verb

1. (agriculture) to cultivate; to grow (plants, etc.)

Related terms

• cultivo

Noun

cultivar m (plural cultivares)

1. (botany, agriculture) cultivar

Further reading

• “cultivar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014