cultual

Portuguese

Etymology

From culto + -ual.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuw.tuˈaw/ [kuʊ̯.tuˈaʊ̯], (faster) /kuwˈtwaw/ [kuʊ̯ˈtwaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kulˈtwal/ [kuɫˈtwaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kulˈtwal/ [kuɫˈtwaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kulˈtwa.li/ [kuɫˈtwa.li]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: cul‧tu‧al

Adjective

cultual m or f (plural cultuais)

1. (relational) cult

Further reading

• “cultual”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cultual”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cultuel.

Adjective

cultual m or n (feminine singular cultuală, masculine plural cultuali, feminine/neuter plural cultuale)

1. cultic

Declension

Declension of cultual

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	cultual		cultuală	cultuali	cultuale
	definite	cultualul		cultuala	cultualii	cultualele
genitive- dative	indefinite	cultual		cultuale	cultuali	cultuale
	definite	cultualului		cultualei	cultualilor	cultualelor

References

• cultual in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

From culto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kulˈtwal/ [kul̪ˈt̪wal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: cul‧tual

Adjective

cultual m or f (masculine and feminine plural cultuales)

1. (relational) cult, religion

Further reading

• “cultual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025