cultivation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The art or act of cultivating (improvement of land for or by agriculture), as:
Tillage: plowing, sowing and raising crops.
Light tillage: turning or stirring the soil, especially for weed control.
The state of being cultivated or used for agriculture
Devotion of time or attention to the improvement of (something)
Advancement or refinement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition

Pronunciation

/ˌkʌltɪˈveɪʃən/ [ˌkʰʌltɪˈveɪʃn̩] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cultivation.wav /ˌkʌltəˈveɪʃən/ [ˌkʰʌltəˈveɪʃn̩] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-cultivation.wav

Word forms

cultivation cultivations

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cultivātus, perfect passive participle of cultivō, + -ion, or Middle French cultivation. By surface analysis, cultivate + -ion.

Synonyms

Related words

cultivar cultivate cultivator

Derived words

cocultivation cultivational cultivation theory incultivation microcultivation miscultivation multicultivation noncultivation overcultivation precultivation recultivation self-cultivation shifting cultivation subcultivation uncultivation

Translations

Afrikaans: kultivasie Arabic: تَهْذِيب Bengali: চাষ Bengali: জেরাত Bulgarian: обработка Bulgarian: отгле́ждане Chinese Mandarin: 養殖 /养殖 Dutch: teelt Esperanto: kultivado Finnish: viljely French: culture Galician: cultivo German: Bodenbearbeitung German: Kultivierung Indonesian: kultivasi Indonesian: budidaya Irish: saothrú Italian: coltura Japanese: 栽培 Korean: 경작 Latin: cultūra Persian: کشت Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭡𐭠𐭣𐭠𐭭𐭩𐭤 Polish: uprawa Portuguese: cultivo Portuguese: cultivação Romanian: cultivare Romanian: cultură agricolă Romanian: cultivație Russian: культиви́рование Russian: возде́лывание Russian: обрабо́тка Russian: выра́щивание Santali: ᱚᱵᱚᱫ Scottish Gaelic: àiteach Spanish: cultivación Spanish: cultivo Telugu: వ్యవసాయము

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