# culto
## Asturian
### Adjective

culto
* neuter of cultu

## French
### Etymology

Clipping of agriculteur or cultivateur + -o.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kyl.to/

### Noun

culto m (plural cultos)
* (informal) farmer
    Synonym: agriculteur

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* (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: /ˈkuw.tu/ [ˈkuʊ̯.tu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkuw.tu/ [ˈkuʊ̯.tu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈkuw.to/ [ˈkuʊ̯.to]
* (Portugal) IPA: /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

#### Derived terms

* cultuar
* cultual

#### Related terms

* cultura
* cultivar

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin cultus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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
* culto a la personalidad
* 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

#### Derived terms

* libertad de cultos

#### Related terms

* inculto

### Further reading

* “culto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10