culto

== Asturian == === Adjective === culto neuter of cultu == French == === Etymology === Clipping of agriculteur or cultivateur + -o. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kyl.to/ === Noun === culto m (plural cultos) (informal) farmer Synonym: agriculteur == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /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. Noun sense 4 is a semantic loan from English cult. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -uwtu, (Portugal) -ultu 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 (nonstandard, derogatory) cult (group or movement following an unorthodox religious or philosophical system of beliefs) ==== Derived terms ==== cultuar cultual ==== Related terms ==== cultura cultivar === Further reading === “culto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “culto”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026 “culto”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026 “culto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “culto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “culto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin cultus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /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; scholarly (rare, of a plant) cultivated Synonym: cultivado Antonym: silvestre ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === 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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “culto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025