cultivar
English
Etymology
Blend of cultivated + variety or cultigen + variety. Coined by American botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1923.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʌltɪvɑɹ/
Noun
cultivar (plural cultivars)
- A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species. [from 1923]
Hypernyms
- (cultivated variety of plant): cultigen, cultivar group, convariety
Derived terms
- cultivar group
Translations
cultivated variety
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See also
- ICNCP
Anagrams
- curvital
Catalan
Etymology
From Medieval Latin cultīvō (“to till, cultivate”), from cultīvus (“tilled”), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“I till, cultivate”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /kul.tiˈva/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kul.tiˈba/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kul.tiˈvaɾ/
Verb
cultivar (first-person singular present cultivo, past participle cultivat)
- (agriculture) to cultivate; to grow (plants, etc.)
- Synonym: conrear
Conjugation
Conjugation of cultivar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | cultivar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | cultivant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | cultivat | cultivada | |||||
| plural | cultivats | cultivades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | cultivo | cultives | cultiva | cultivem | cultiveu | cultiven | |
| imperfect | cultivava | cultivaves | cultivava | cultivàvem | cultivàveu | cultivaven | |
| future | cultivaré | cultivaràs | cultivarà | cultivarem | cultivareu | cultivaran | |
| preterite | cultiví | cultivares | cultivà | cultivàrem | cultivàreu | cultivaren | |
| conditional | cultivaria | cultivaries | cultivaria | cultivaríem | cultivaríeu | cultivarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | cultivi | cultivis | cultivi | cultivem | cultiveu | cultivin | |
| imperfect | cultivés | cultivessis | cultivés | cultivéssim | cultivéssiu | cultivessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | cultiva | cultivi | cultivem | cultiveu | cultivin | ||
Derived terms
- cultivable
- cultivador
Related terms
- cultiu
Noun
cultivar f (plural cultivars)
- cultivar (a cultivated variety of a plant species)
Further reading
- “cultivar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cultivar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “cultivar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “cultivar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English cultivar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʏl.tiˌvɑr/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: cul‧ti‧var
Noun
cultivar m (plural cultivars)
- cultivar
Hypernyms
- variëteit
Interlingua
Verb
cultivar
- to cultivate
Conjugation
Conjugation of cultivar
| infinitive | cultivar | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| participle | present | perfect | |
| cultivante | cultivate | ||
| active | simple | perfect | |
| present | cultiva | ha cultivate | |
| past | cultivava | habeva cultivate | |
| future | cultivara | habera cultivate | |
| conditional | cultivarea | haberea cultivate | |
| imperative | cultiva | ||
| passive | simple | perfect | |
| present | es cultivate | ha essite cultivate | |
| past | esseva cultivate | habeva essite cultivate | |
| future | essera cultivate | habera essite cultivate | |
| conditional | esserea cultivate | haberea essite cultivate | |
| imperative | sia cultivate | ||
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin cultīvāre (“to till, cultivate”), from cultīvus (“tilled”), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“to till, to cultivate”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kuw.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [kuʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈva(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kuw.t͡ʃiˈva(ɾ)/ [kuʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈva(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kuw.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [kuʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈva(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kuw.t͡ʃiˈva(ɻ)/ [kuʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈva(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kul.tiˈvaɾ/ [kuɫ.tiˈvaɾ]
- Hyphenation: cul‧ti‧var
Verb
cultivar (first-person singular present cultivo, first-person singular preterite cultivei, past participle cultivado)
- (agriculture) to cultivate; to grow (plants, etc.)
- (figurative) to cultivate; to nurture
Conjugation
Conjugation of cultivar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | cultivar | |||||
| Personal | cultivar | cultivares | cultivar | cultivarmos | cultivardes | cultivarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| cultivando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | cultivado | cultivados | ||||
| Feminine | cultivada | cultivadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | cultivo | cultivas | cultiva | cultivamos | cultivais | cultivam |
| Imperfect | cultivava | cultivavas | cultivava | cultivávamos | cultiváveis | cultivavam |
| Preterite | cultivei | cultivaste | cultivou | cultivamos1, cultivámos2 | cultivastes | cultivaram |
| Pluperfect | cultivara | cultivaras | cultivara | cultiváramos | cultiváreis | cultivaram |
| Future | cultivarei | cultivarás | cultivará | cultivaremos | cultivareis | cultivarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| cultivaria | cultivarias | cultivaria | cultivaríamos | cultivaríeis | cultivariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | cultive | cultives | cultive | cultivemos | cultiveis | cultivem |
| Imperfect | cultivasse | cultivasses | cultivasse | cultivássemos | cultivásseis | cultivassem |
| Future | cultivar | cultivares | cultivar | cultivarmos | cultivardes | cultivarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | cultiva | cultive | cultivemos | cultivai | cultivem | |
| Negative (não) | não cultives | não cultive | não cultivemos | não cultiveis | não cultivem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- cultivo
Further reading
- “cultivar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From Medieval Latin cultīvō (“to till, cultivate”), from cultīvus (“tilled”), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“to till, cultivate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kultiˈbaɾ/ [kul̪.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: cul‧ti‧var
Verb
cultivar (first-person singular present cultivo, first-person singular preterite cultivé, past participle cultivado)
- (agriculture) to cultivate; to grow (plants, etc.)
Conjugation
Conjugation of cultivar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | cultivar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | cultivando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | cultivado | cultivada | |||||
| plural | cultivados | cultivadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | cultivo | cultivastú cultivásvos | cultiva | cultivamos | cultiváis | cultivan | |
| imperfect | cultivaba | cultivabas | cultivaba | cultivábamos | cultivabais | cultivaban | |
| preterite | cultivé | cultivaste | cultivó | cultivamos | cultivasteis | cultivaron | |
| future | cultivaré | cultivarás | cultivará | cultivaremos | cultivaréis | cultivarán | |
| conditional | cultivaría | cultivarías | cultivaría | cultivaríamos | cultivaríais | cultivarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | cultive | cultivestú cultivésvos2 | cultive | cultivemos | cultivéis | cultiven | |
| imperfect (ra) | cultivara | cultivaras | cultivara | cultiváramos | cultivarais | cultivaran | |
| imperfect (se) | cultivase | cultivases | cultivase | cultivásemos | cultivaseis | cultivasen | |
| future1 | cultivare | cultivares | cultivare | cultiváremos | cultivareis | cultivaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | cultivatú cultivávos | cultive | cultivemos | cultivad | cultiven | ||
| negative | no cultives | no cultive | no cultivemos | no cultivéis | no cultiven | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of cultivar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive cultivar | |||||||
| dative | cultivarme | cultivarte | cultivarle, cultivarse | cultivarnos | cultivaros | cultivarles, cultivarse | |
| accusative | cultivarme | cultivarte | cultivarlo, cultivarla, cultivarse | cultivarnos | cultivaros | cultivarlos, cultivarlas, cultivarse | |
| with gerund cultivando | |||||||
| dative | cultivándome | cultivándote | cultivándole, cultivándose | cultivándonos | cultivándoos | cultivándoles, cultivándose | |
| accusative | cultivándome | cultivándote | cultivándolo, cultivándola, cultivándose | cultivándonos | cultivándoos | cultivándolos, cultivándolas, cultivándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative cultiva | |||||||
| dative | cultívame | cultívate | cultívale | cultívanos | not used | cultívales | |
| accusative | cultívame | cultívate | cultívalo, cultívala | cultívanos | not used | cultívalos, cultívalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative cultivá | |||||||
| dative | cultivame | cultivate | cultivale | cultivanos | not used | cultivales | |
| accusative | cultivame | cultivate | cultivalo, cultivala | cultivanos | not used | cultivalos, cultivalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative cultive | |||||||
| dative | cultíveme | not used | cultívele, cultívese | cultívenos | not used | cultíveles | |
| accusative | cultíveme | not used | cultívelo, cultívela, cultívese | cultívenos | not used | cultívelos, cultívelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative cultivemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | cultivémoste | cultivémosle | cultivémonos | cultivémoos | cultivémosles | |
| accusative | not used | cultivémoste | cultivémoslo, cultivémosla | cultivémonos | cultivémoos | cultivémoslos, cultivémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative cultivad | |||||||
| dative | cultivadme | not used | cultivadle | cultivadnos | cultivaos | cultivadles | |
| accusative | cultivadme | not used | cultivadlo, cultivadla | cultivadnos | cultivaos | cultivadlos, cultivadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative cultiven | |||||||
| dative | cultívenme | not used | cultívenle | cultívennos | not used | cultívenles, cultívense | |
| accusative | cultívenme | not used | cultívenlo, cultívenla | cultívennos | not used | cultívenlos, cultívenlas, cultívense | |
Related terms
- cultivo
Noun
cultivar m (plural cultivares)
- (botany, agriculture) cultivar
Further reading
- “cultivar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014