English Explanatory Dictionary

multicultural

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating or pertaining to several different cultures.
  2. Relating or pertaining to groups, households or families involving persons with different or mixed ethnicities or races.

Pronunciation

/ˌmʌltiˈkʌlt͡ʃəɹəl/ en-us-multicultural.ogg

Word forms

multicultural more multicultural most multicultural

Etymology

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. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English multicultural From multiculture + -al or multi- + cultural.

Synonyms

polycultural

Related words

acultural aculture alethocultural alethoculture anticultural anticulture bicultural biculture countercultural counterculture demicultural demiculture ethnocultural ethnoculture intercultural interculture intracultural intraculture metacultural metaculture monocultural monoculture multiculture noncultural nonculture pluricultural pluriculture polycultural polyculture pseudocultural pseudoculture quadricultural quadriculture quasicultural quasiculture religiocultural religioculture semicultural semiculture sociocultural socioculture subcultural subculture supercultural superculture supracultural supraculture technocultural technoculture transcultural transculture tricultural triculture uncultural unculture unicultural uniculture

Derived words

antimulticultural multicult multiculti multicultist multiculturalise multiculturalism multiculturalist multiculturalistic multiculturality multiculturalization multiculturalize Multicultural London English multiculturally multicultural Marxism
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