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multicultural

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.
Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multus
Latin multīder.
Middle English multi-
English multi-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti
Proto-Italic *kʷelō
Latin colō
Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?
Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?
Latin -tūra
Latin cultūrader.
Middle French cultureder.
English culture
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English multicultural

    From multiculture +‎ -al or multi- +‎ cultural.

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    • IPA(key): /ˌmʌltiˈkʌlt͡ʃəɹəl/

    Adjective

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    multicultural (comparative more multicultural, superlative most multicultural)

    1. Relating or pertaining to several different cultures.
      Coordinate terms: monocultural (1), bicultural (2), tricultural (3)
      Near-synonym: polycultural (several or many)
      • 2001 October 31, “Embracing multicultural Britain”, in The Guardian‎[1], archived from the original on 26 June 2022:
        Viewed from the boardrooms of Britain, the market is becoming more multicultural than could have been imagined just five years ago.
      • 2022 October 12, Bernardine Evaristo, “Read Your Way Through London”, in The New York Times‎[2], archived from the original on 11 May 2023:
        The literary landscape of London is as varied as the city itself. According to the 2011 census, 40 percent of residents identified as “Asian, Black, Mixed or Other.” While this is no multi-culti utopia, it is undeniably an intensely multicultural metropolis where more than 300 languages are spoken.
    2. (euphemistic) Relating or pertaining to groups, households or families involving persons with different or mixed ethnicities or races.
      • 2011 March 22, “Santa Clarita man apparent target of hate crime”, in ABC13‎[3], archived from the original on 24 June 2021:
        Bedgood, whose father is African American and mother is Caucasian, says he's struggling to deal with such hatred. He grew up in Santa Clarita and says he could not have imagined something like this happening in a quiet community with many multicultural families.

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    Catalan

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    Etymology

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    From multi- +‎ cultural.

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    multicultural m or f (masculine and feminine plural multiculturals)

    1. multicultural

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    Galician

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    Etymology

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    From multi- +‎ cultural.

    Adjective

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    multicultural m or f (plural multiculturais)

    1. multicultural

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    Portuguese

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    Etymology

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    From multi- +‎ cultural.

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    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /muw.t͡ʃi.kuw.tuˈɾaw/ [muʊ̯.t͡ʃi.kuʊ̯.tuˈɾaʊ̯]
     
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mul.ti.kul.tuˈɾal/ [muɫ.ti.kuɫ.tuˈɾaɫ]
      • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mul.ti.kul.tuˈɾa.li/ [muɫ.ti.kuɫ.tuˈɾa.li]

    • Hyphenation: mul‧ti‧cul‧tu‧ral

    Adjective

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    multicultural m or f (plural multiculturais)

    1. multicultural (encompassing several cultures)

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    Romanian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English multicultural or French multiculturel. By surface analysis, multi- +‎ cultural.

    Adjective

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    multicultural m or n (feminine singular multiculturală, masculine plural multiculturali, feminine/neuter plural multiculturale)

    1. multicultural

    Declension

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    Declension of multicultural
    singular plural
    masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
    nominative-
    accusative     		indefinite multicultural multiculturală multiculturali multiculturale
    definite multiculturalul multiculturala multiculturalii multiculturalele
    genitive-
    dative     		indefinite multicultural multiculturale multiculturali multiculturale
    definite multiculturalului multiculturalei multiculturalilor multiculturalelor

    Spanish

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    Etymology

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    From multi- +‎ cultural.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /multikultuˈɾal/ [mul̪.t̪i.kul̪.t̪uˈɾal]
    • Rhymes: -al
    • Syllabification: mul‧ti‧cul‧tu‧ral

    Adjective

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    multicultural m or f (masculine and feminine plural multiculturales)

    1. multicultural
      Synonym: pluricultural

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