cultivation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cultivation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkʌltɪˈveɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

cultivation (countable and uncountable, plural cultivations)

2. The art or act of cultivating (improvement of land for or by agriculture), as:
   2. Tillage: plowing, sowing and raising crops.

      The cultivation of these valleys dates back thousands of years.

   4. Light tillage: turning or stirring the soil, especially for weed control.

      Coordinate terms: no-till, no-tillage

      The cultivation of the hillside led to soil erosion.

3. The state of being cultivated or used for agriculture

   These fields are in cultivation.

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

   His steadfast cultivation of their relationship finally bore fruit.

5. 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

Derived terms

• cultivation theory
• self-cultivation
• shifting cultivation
• Taoist dual cultivation

 

Related terms

• cultivar
• cultivate, cultivator

Translations

art or act of cultivating

• Afrikaans: kultivasie
• Arabic: تَهْذِيب m (tahḏīb)
• Bengali: চাষ (bn) (caś), জেরাত (bn) (jerat)
• Bulgarian: обработка (bg) (obrabotka), отгле́ждане (bg) (otgléždane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 養殖／养殖 (zh) (yǎngzhí)

• Dutch: teelt (nl) c
• Esperanto: kultivado
• Finnish: viljely (fi)
• French: culture (fr) f
• Galician: cultivo m
• German: Bodenbearbeitung (de) f, Kultivierung f
• Indonesian: kultivasi (id), budidaya
• Irish: saothrú m
• Italian: coltura (it) f
• Japanese: 栽培 (ja) (さいばい, saibai)
• Korean: 경작 (ko) (gyeongjak)
• Latin: cultūra f
• Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭡𐭠𐭣𐭠𐭭𐭩𐭤 (ʾbʾdʾnyh /⁠ābādānīh⁠/)
• Persian: کشت (fa) (kešt)
• Polish: uprawa (pl) f
• Portuguese: cultivo (pt) m, cultivação f
• Romanian: cultivare (ro) m, cultură agricolă f, cultivație f
• Russian: культиви́рование (ru) n (kulʹtivírovanije), (of soil) возде́лывание (ru) n (vozdélyvanije), (processing) обрабо́тка (ru) f (obrabótka), (growing) выра́щивание (ru) n (vyráščivanije)
• Santali: ᱚᱵᱚᱫ (ôbôt’) (harvesting)
• Scottish Gaelic: àiteach m
• Spanish: cultivación (es) f, cultivo (es) m
• Telugu: వ్యవసాయము (te) (vyavasāyamu)

state of being cultivated

• Finnish: viljely (fi), viljelys (fi)

devotion of time or attention to the improvement of

• Finnish: panostaminen (fi)
• German: Kultivierung f
• Hebrew: טיפוח (t'ipuakh) m
• Italian: coltura (it) f
• Latin: cultūra f
• Polish: pielęgnowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: cultivo (pt)
• Romanian: cultură (ro) f
• Spanish: cultura (es) f, cultivo (es) m

advancement or refinement in condition

• Finnish: kultivoituneisuus
• German: Bildung (de) f, Kultivierung f
• Italian: coltura (it) f
• Korean: 수련 (ko) (suryeon)
• Romanian: cultivare (ro) f, instruire (ro) f

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kyl.ti.va.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

cultivation f (plural cultivations)

1. cultivation

Related terms

• cultivable
• cultiver
• cultivateur