culto
Asturian
Adjective
culto
- 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)
- {[lb|it|religion}} religious devotion
- Synonyms: adorazione, devozione, ossequio, venerazione
- (religion) liturgy (set of rituals)
- Synonyms: liturgia, riti, rituali
- (by extension) religion
- Synonyms: confessione, credo, fede, religione
- worship, adoration (in a non-religious sense)
- Synonyms: adorazione, devozione, esaltazione, venerazione
- strong attachment
- obsession, admiration
- (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)
- cultured, well-educated, cultivated
- Synonyms: colto, istruito
- Antonyms: ignorante, incolto
- elegant, embellished
- Synonyms: elegante, ornato
- cultivated
- Synonym: coltivato
- inhabited
- Synonym: abitato
Related terms
- culteranismo
- cultismo
- cultore
- cultura
Latin
Participle
cultō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cultus
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cultus.
Pronunciation
- (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)
- learned (having much learning)
- Synonyms: douto, erudito, instruído, sábio, ilustrado
Noun
culto m (plural cultos)
- worship (religious ceremony that expresses devotion)
- cult; sect
- Synonym: seita
- 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)
- educated; cultured
- Synonym: educado
- Antonyms: inculto, ignorante
- (linguistics) learned
- (rare, of a plant) cultivated
- Synonym: cultivado
- Antonym: silvestre
Derived terms
- cultamente
- cultismo
- cultivo
- lenguaje culto
Noun
culto m (plural cultos)
- worship (the devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object)
- Synonyms: adoración, devoción
- worship; ritual, rite (the religious ceremonies that express devotion)
- 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