culto

Asturian

Adjective

culto

1. neuter of cultu

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkul.to/
• Rhymes: -ulto
• Hyphenation: cùl‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin cultus (“reverence, adoration, veneration”), noun use of the perfect passive participle of colō (“to cultivate; to worship”), originating from Proto-Indo-European *kʷl̥tós, derived from the root *kʷel- (“to turn”). Doublet of colto.

Noun

culto m (plural culti)

1. (religion) religious devotion

   Synonyms: adorazione, devozione, ossequio, venerazione

2. (religion) liturgy (set of rituals)

   Synonyms: liturgia, riti, rituali

3. (by extension) religion

   Synonyms: confessione, credo, fede, religione

4. worship, adoration (in a non-religious sense)

   Synonyms: adorazione, devozione, esaltazione, venerazione

5. strong attachment
6. obsession, admiration
7. (obsolete) cultivation

   Synonym: coltivazione

Etymology 2

From Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“to cultivate; to inhabit”), originating from Proto-Indo-European *kʷl̥tós.

Adjective

culto (feminine culta, masculine plural culti, feminine plural culte) (literary)

1. cultured, well-educated, cultivated

   Synonyms: colto, istruito

   Antonyms: ignorante, incolto

2. elegant, embellished

   Synonyms: elegante, ornato

3. cultivated

   Synonym: coltivato

4. inhabited

   Synonym: abitato

Related terms

• culteranismo
• cultismo
• cultore
• cultura

Latin

Participle

cultō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cultus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cultus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkuw.tu/ [ˈkuʊ̯.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkuw.tu/ [ˈkuʊ̯.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkuw.to/ [ˈkuʊ̯.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkul.tu/ [ˈkuɫ.tu]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ultu, (Brazil) -uwtu
• Hyphenation: cul‧to

Adjective

culto (feminine culta, masculine plural cultos, feminine plural cultas)

1. learned (having much learning)

   Synonyms: douto, erudito, instruído, sábio, ilustrado

Noun

culto m (plural cultos)

1. worship (religious ceremony that expresses devotion)
2. cult; sect

   Synonym: seita

3. cult (devotion to a saint)

   Synonym: veneração

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cultus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkulto/ [ˈkul̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ulto
• Syllabification: cul‧to

Adjective

culto (feminine culta, masculine plural cultos, feminine plural cultas)

1. educated; cultured

   Synonym: educado

   Antonyms: inculto, ignorante

2. (linguistics) learned
3. (rare, of a plant) cultivated

   Synonym: cultivado

   Antonym: silvestre

Derived terms

• cultamente
• cultismo
• cultivo
• lenguaje culto

 

Noun

culto m (plural cultos)

1. worship (the devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object)

   Synonyms: adoración, devoción

2. worship; ritual, rite (the religious ceremonies that express devotion)
3. cult (a group or sect of people with a deviant religious, philosophical or cultural identity)

   película de culto ― cult film

Related terms

• inculto

 

Further reading

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