colto
Italian
Etymology 1
From Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of verb colō (“to till, to cultivate”), originating from Proto-Indo-European *kʷl̥tós, derived from the root *kʷel- (“to turn”). Doublet of culto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkol.to/
- Rhymes: -olto
- Hyphenation: cól‧to
Adjective
colto (feminine colta, masculine plural colti, feminine plural colte, superlative coltissimo)
- cultivated (of land)
- terreni colti e incolti ― cultivated and uncultivated fields
- Synonym: coltivato
- Antonym: incolto
- cultured, well-educated, cultivated (of people)
- il professore è un uomo molto colto ― the professor is a very well-educated man
- Synonyms: acculturato, istruito
- Antonyms: ignorante, incolto
- cultured, refined (e.g. of speech, writing)
- quel giornalista scrive in maniera colta e raffinata ― that journalist has a cultured and refined way of writing
- (obsolete, participial) venerated, revered
- 16th century, Annibale Caro, transl., Eneide [Aeneid], Florence: Leonardo Ciardetti, translation of Aeneis by Virgil, published 1827, Libro II, page 120:
- […] un antico ¶ e deserto delubro, a cui vicino ¶ sorge un cipresso, già molt'anni e molti ¶ in onor della Dea serbato e colto.
- an ancient, deserted shrine, next to which a cypress tree rises, preserved and revered over many, many years in the Goddess' name
- Synonyms: riverito, venerato
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Noun
colto m (plural colti)
- (literary) cultivated field
Related terms
- colere
- culto
Etymology 2
From Latin collectus, perfect passive participle of verb colligō (“to gather, to collect”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔl.to/
- Rhymes: -ɔlto
- Hyphenation: còl‧to
Participle
colto (feminine colta, masculine plural colti, feminine plural colte)
- past participle of cogliere
Related terms
- colletta
Anagrams
- Cloto