cultivate

== English == === Etymology === From Medieval Latin cultivātus, perfect passive participle of cultivō (“till, cultivate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more), from cultīvus (“tilled”), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“till, cultivate”), which comes from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πέλω (pélō) and Sanskrit चरति (cárati). The same Proto-Indo-European root also gave Latin in-quil-īnus (“inhabitant”) and anculus (“servant”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈkʌltɪveɪt/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈkʌltɪvɛjt/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /ˈkʊltɪveɪt/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈkʌltɪvet/ (Wales, without the pane–pain merger) IPA(key): /ˈkʌltɪveːt/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈkɐltəvæɪt/ Hyphenation: cul‧ti‧vate === Verb === cultivate (third-person singular simple present cultivates, present participle cultivating, simple past and past participle cultivated) To grow plants, notably crops. (figurative) To nurture; to foster; to tend. To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting or as a method of weed control between growing crop plants. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Interlingua == === Participle === cultivate past participle of cultivar == Spanish == === Verb === cultivate second-person singular voseo imperative of cultivar combined with te