English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Medieval Latin cultivātus cultivō ( “ till, cultivate ” ) , from cultīvus ( “ tilled ” ) , from Latin cultus colō ( “ till, cultivate ” ) , which comes from earlier *quelō , from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- ( “ to move; to turn (around) ” ) . Cognates include Ancient Greek πέλω ( pélō ) and Sanskrit चरति ( cárati ) . The same Proto-Indo-European root also gave Latin in-quil-īnus ( “ inhabitant ” ) and anculus ( “ servant ” ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ] IPA (key ) : /ˈkʌltɪveɪt/ Hyphenation: cul‧ti‧vate
cultivate (third-person singular simple present cultivates present participle cultivating simple past and past participle cultivated
To grow plants , notably crops .
Most farmers in this region cultivate maize.
( figurative ) nurture ; to foster ; to tend .
They tried to cultivate an interest in learning among their students.
2021 June 7, Mark Landler, “As a Tense Summer Looms, Northern Ireland Braces”, in The New York Times [1] →ISSN [ … ] after four years in which President Donald J. Trump had cultivated Mr. Johnson and expressed sympathy for Britain in its bitter divorce with the European Union.
To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting or as a method of weed control between growing crop plants. Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] grow plants, notably crops
Azerbaijani: yetişdirmək (az) , yetirmək (az) , bozartmaq becərmək
Bulgarian: отглеждам (bg) ( otgleždam )
Catalan: conrear (ca) , cultivar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 耕種 ／ 耕种 (zh) ( gēngzhòng ) , 種植 ／ 种植 (zh) ( zhòngzhí )
Czech: obdělávat
Danish: dyrke (da)
Dutch: telen (nl) , verbouwen (nl)
Finnish: viljellä (fi)
French: cultiver (fr)
Galician: cultivar (gl) , traballar (gl)
German: kultivieren (de) , anbauen (de)
Hungarian: termeszt (hu) , tenyészt (hu) , szaporít (hu)
Interlingua: cultivar
Italian: coltivare (it)
Japanese: 栽培する (ja) ( さいばいする, saibai suru )
Kapampangan: mangambul
Khmer: ធ្វើកសិកម្ម ( tvəə ka’se’kam )
Korean: 갈다 (ko) ( galda )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کشتوکاڵ کردن ( kiştukall kirdin )
Latin: colō
Macedonian: одгле́дува impf ( odgléduva ) , о́дгледа pf ( ódgleda )
Maori: whakatupu tāmata
Ngazidja Comorian: ulima
Norman: tchultiver ( Jersey )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kultivere (no) , dyrke (no)
Polish: kultywować impf uprawiać (pl) impf uprawić pf
Portuguese: cultivar (pt) , plantar (pt)
Russian: выра́щивать (ru) impf ( vyráščivatʹ ) , вы́растить (ru) pf ( výrastitʹ ) , культиви́ровать (ru) impf or pf ( kulʹtivírovatʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: àitich
Spanish: cultivar (es)
Swedish: odla (sv)
Ukrainian: культивува́ти impf or pf ( kulʹtyvuváty ) , виро́щувати impf ( vyróščuvaty ) , ви́ростити pf ( výrostyty )
Zazaki: cı nayen cı resnen
nurture
Azerbaijani: bəsləmək (az)
Bulgarian: подхранвам (bg) ( podhranvam )
Catalan: conrear (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 培育 (zh) ( péiyù ) , 培養 ／ 培养 (zh) ( péiyǎng )
Danish: pleje
Dutch: cultiveren (nl) , verzorgen (nl)
Finnish: herättää (fi)
French: cultiver (fr)
German: kultivieren (de) , pflegen (de)
Hebrew: טיפח ( tipéakh )
Hungarian: ápol (hu) , tart (hu) , űz (hu) , kultivál (hu) , művel (hu) , gyakorol (hu) , fejleszt (hu) , csiszol (hu) , palléroz (hu)
Italian: coltivare (it)
Japanese: 養う (ja) ( やしなう, yashinau )
Khmer: ចម្រើនលូតលាស់ ( jɑɑmraən luut loah )
Korean: 갈고닦다 ( galgodakda ) , 연마하다 ( yeonmahada )
Latin: colō
Macedonian: пре́несе pf ( prénese ) , прене́сува impf ( prenésuva )
Norman: tchultiver ( Jersey )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: dyrke (no)
Polish: pielęgnować (pl) impf
Portuguese: cultivar (pt) , alimentar (pt)
Russian: культиви́ровать (ru) impf or pf ( kulʹtivírovatʹ )
Ukrainian: культивува́ти impf or pf ( kulʹtyvuváty )
Zazaki: wari kerden
turn or stir soil in preparation for planting
Bulgarian: обработвам (bg) ( obrabotvam ) , култивирам (bg) ( kultiviram )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 耕種 ／ 耕种 (zh) ( gēngzhòng ) , 種植 ／ 种植 (zh) ( zhòngzhí )
Dutch: bewerken (nl)
Finnish: muokata (fi) , ( to plough ) kyntää (fi) , ( to harrow ) äestää (fi)
French: cultiver (fr)
German: bestellen (de)
Hebrew: עיבד ( ibéd )
Hungarian: művel (hu)
Irish: rómhair
Italian: coltivare (it)
Japanese: 耕す (ja) ( たがやす, tagayasu ) , 耕作する (ja) ( こうさくする, kōsaku suru )
Korean: 갈다 (ko) ( galda )
Macedonian: обрабо́тува impf ( obrabótuva ) , обра́боти pf ( obráboti )
Maori: pako pāpako tāmata
Norman: tchultiver ( Jersey )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: dyrke (no)
Polish: kultywować impf obrabiać (pl) impf obrobić (pl) pf
Portuguese: lavrar (pt)
Russian: возде́лывать (ru) impf ( vozdélyvatʹ ) , возде́лать (ru) pf ( vozdélatʹ ) , обраба́тывать (ru) impf ( obrabátyvatʹ ) , обрабо́тать (ru) pf ( obrabótatʹ )
Ukrainian: обробля́ти impf ( obrobljáty ) , оброби́ти pf ( obrobýty )
Zazaki: resnayen
Translations to be checked
Interlingua [ edit ] Participle [ edit ] cultivate
past participle of cultivar Spanish [ edit ] cultivate
second-person singular voseo imperative of cultivar te 