# cultivar
## English
### Etymology

Blend of cultivated +‎ variety or cultigen +‎ variety. Coined by American botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1923.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkʌltɪvɑɹ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### 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

* cultigroup
* cultivar group
* intercultivar
* intracultivar
* nativar

#### See also

* ICNCP

### Anagrams

* curvital

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cultīvāre (“to till, cultivate”), from cultīvus (“tilled”), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“to till, cultivate”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kul.tiˈβa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [kul.tiˈva]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kul.tiˈvaɾ]

#### Verb

cultivar (first-person singular present cultivo, first-person singular preterite cultiví, past participle cultivat)
* (agriculture) to cultivate; to grow (plants, etc.)
    Synonym: conrear

##### Derived terms

* cultivable
* cultivador

##### Related terms

* cultiu

### Etymology 2
#### 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, 2025
* “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: /ˈkʏl.tiˌvɑr/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: cul‧ti‧var

### Noun

cultivar m (plural cultivars)
* cultivar

#### Hypernyms

* variëteit

## Interlingua
### Verb

cultivar
* to cultivate

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | cultivar | cultivar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | cultivante | cultivate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | cultiva | ha cultivate |
| active | past | cultivava | habeva cultivate |
| active | future | cultivara | habera cultivate |
| active | conditional | cultivarea | haberea cultivate |
| active | imperative | cultiva | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es cultivate | ha essite cultivate |
| passive | past | esseva cultivate | habeva essite cultivate |
| passive | future | essera cultivate | habera essite cultivate |
| passive | conditional | esserea cultivate | haberea essite cultivate |
| passive | imperative | sia cultivate | |

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kuw.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [kuʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈva(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kuw.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [kuʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈva(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kuw.t͡ʃiˈva(ɾ)/ [kuʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈva(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kuw.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [kuʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈva(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kuw.t͡ʃiˈva(ɻ)/ [kuʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈva(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kul.tiˈvaɾ/ [kuɫ.tiˈvaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kul.tiˈvaɾ/ [kuɫ.tiˈvaɾ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /kul.tiˈbaɾ/ [kuɫ.tiˈβaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kul.tiˈva.ɾi/ [kuɫ.tiˈva.ɾi]
* Rhymes: -aɾ, (Brazil, with r-droppping) -a
* Hyphenation: cul‧ti‧var

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cultīvāre (“to till, cultivate”), from cultīvus (“tilled”), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“to till, to cultivate”). Doublet of culto.

#### Verb

cultivar (first-person singular present cultivo, first-person singular preterite cultivei, past participle cultivado)
* (transitive, agriculture) to cultivate; to grow (plants, etc.)
* (transitive, figurative) to cultivate; to nurture
* (transitive, reflexive, figurative) to perfect; to develop; to thrive
    Synonym: desenvolver

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

##### Related terms

* cultivo

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cultivar.

#### Noun

cultivar m (plural cultivares)
* (botany) cultivar

### Further reading

* “cultivar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cultīvāre (“to till, cultivate”), from cultīvus (“tilled”), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“to till, cultivate”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* cultivo

### Noun

cultivar m (plural cultivares)
* (botany, agriculture) cultivar

### Further reading

* “cultivar”, 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