Culture in Different Languages
Discover 'Culture' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Culture
Afrikaans kultuur | ||
Albanian kulturën | ||
Amharic ባህል | ||
Arabic حضاره | ||
Armenian մշակույթ | ||
Assamese সংস্কৃতি | ||
Aymara sara | ||
Azerbaijani mədəniyyət | ||
Bambara dɔnko | ||
Basque kultura | ||
Belarusian культуры | ||
Bengali সংস্কৃতি | ||
Bhojpuri चलन | ||
Bosnian kultura | ||
Bulgarian култура | ||
Catalan cultura | ||
Cebuano kultura | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 文化 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 文化 | ||
Corsican cultura | ||
Croatian kultura | ||
Czech kultura | ||
Danish kultur | ||
Dhivehi ޘަޤާފަތް | ||
Dogri संस्कृति | ||
Dutch cultuur | ||
English culture | ||
Esperanto kulturo | ||
Estonian kultuur | ||
Ewe dekᴐnu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kultura | ||
Finnish kulttuuri | ||
French culture | ||
Frisian kultuer | ||
Galician cultura | ||
Georgian კულტურა | ||
German kultur | ||
Greek πολιτισμός | ||
Guarani arandupy | ||
Gujarati સંસ્કૃતિ | ||
Haitian Creole kilti | ||
Hausa al'ada | ||
Hawaiian moʻomeheu | ||
Hebrew תַרְבּוּת | ||
Hindi संस्कृति | ||
Hmong kab lis kev cai | ||
Hungarian kultúra | ||
Icelandic menningu | ||
Igbo omenala | ||
Ilocano kultura | ||
Indonesian budaya | ||
Irish cultúr | ||
Italian cultura | ||
Japanese 文化 | ||
Javanese budaya | ||
Kannada ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ | ||
Kazakh мәдениет | ||
Khmer វប្បធម៌ | ||
Kinyarwanda umuco | ||
Konkani संस्कृती | ||
Korean 문화 | ||
Krio kɔlchɔ | ||
Kurdish çande | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کەلتور | ||
Kyrgyz маданият | ||
Lao ວັດທະນະ ທຳ | ||
Latin cultura | ||
Latvian kultūru | ||
Lingala bokoko | ||
Lithuanian kultūra | ||
Luganda eby'obuwangwa | ||
Luxembourgish kultur | ||
Macedonian култура | ||
Maithili संस्कृति | ||
Malagasy kolontsaina | ||
Malay budaya | ||
Malayalam സംസ്കാരം | ||
Maltese kultura | ||
Maori ahurea | ||
Marathi संस्कृती | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯆꯠꯅꯕꯤ | ||
Mizo hnamzia | ||
Mongolian соёл | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ယဉ်ကျေးမှု | ||
Nepali संस्कृति | ||
Norwegian kultur | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chikhalidwe | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସଂସ୍କୃତି | ||
Oromo aadaa | ||
Pashto کلتور | ||
Persian فرهنگ | ||
Polish kultura | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) cultura | ||
Punjabi ਸਭਿਆਚਾਰ | ||
Quechua cultura | ||
Romanian cultură | ||
Russian культура | ||
Samoan aganuu | ||
Sanskrit संस्कृति | ||
Scots Gaelic cultar | ||
Sepedi setšo | ||
Serbian културе | ||
Sesotho setso | ||
Shona tsika nemagariro | ||
Sindhi ثقافت | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සංස්කෘතිය | ||
Slovak kultúra | ||
Slovenian kulture | ||
Somali dhaqanka | ||
Spanish cultura | ||
Sundanese budaya | ||
Swahili utamaduni | ||
Swedish kultur | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kultura | ||
Tajik фарҳанг | ||
Tamil கலாச்சாரம் | ||
Tatar культурасы | ||
Telugu సంస్కృతి | ||
Thai วัฒนธรรม | ||
Tigrinya ባህሊ | ||
Tsonga mfuwo | ||
Turkish kültür | ||
Turkmen medeniýeti | ||
Twi (Akan) amammerɛ | ||
Ukrainian культури | ||
Urdu ثقافت | ||
Uyghur مەدەنىيەت | ||
Uzbek madaniyat | ||
Vietnamese văn hóa | ||
Welsh diwylliant | ||
Xhosa inkcubeko | ||
Yiddish קולטור | ||
Yoruba asa | ||
Zulu isiko |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Afrikaans "kultuur" stems from Latin "cultura", meaning "cultivation" and "improvement of soil". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "kulturën" ultimately derives from the Latin "cultūra", meaning "cultivation" or "tilling". |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "ባህል" can also refer to a tradition, custom or practice, as well as the collective behavior and beliefs of a society. |
| Arabic | حضارة, from the root meaning 'to settle' or 'to become sedentary', also means 'civilization', 'urbanization', and 'refinement'. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "մշակույթ" also means "agriculture", which reflects the centrality of food production to Armenian culture. |
| Azerbaijani | "Mədəniyyət" ultimately comes from the Arabic "madana" (civilization), and can also refer to "politeness" or "behavior" |
| Basque | 'Kultura' in Basque can refer specifically to 'the cultivation of the land', as well as to 'civilization'. |
| Belarusian | In Belarusian, "культуры" can also refer to a specific type of microorganisms, such as yeast, or to the process of producing microorganisms in culture. |
| Bengali | The word "সংস্কৃতি" comes from the Sanskrit word "samskara" which means "purification" or "refinement". |
| Bosnian | It derives from the Latin word 'cultura' and also means 'agriculture' in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | The word "култура" comes from the French word "culture", which in turn comes from the Latin word "cultura", meaning "cultivation" or "tillage". |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "cultura" also relates to growing and farming. |
| Cebuano | "Kultura" in Cebuano also refers to a person's good manners and refinement. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The Chinese word "文化" (culture) can also refer to education, manners, civilization, and refinement. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The character 文化 (wénhuà) originally meant 'education' or 'cultivation,' but now it has broader meanings encompassing 'civilization,' 'culture,' and 'refinement.' |
| Corsican | "Cultura" may also refer to agriculture and farming activities such as cultivating soil and nurturing plants or animals. |
| Croatian | In Croatian, 'kultura' refers not only to highbrow art but also to refinement and civility. |
| Czech | The word "kultura" can also refer to the cultivation of plants or the process of refining something. |
| Danish | In Danish "kultur" can refer to either high or low forms and also specifically to agricultural cultivation. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "cultuur" also refers to cultivation and growing of plants, and has a connotation of "careful cultivation" similar to the Japanese term "sado". |
| Esperanto | Esperanto's "kulturo" directly translates to English as "culture" but also incorporates the idea of "cultivation," encompassing the development and refinement of one's knowledge, skills, and tastes. |
| Estonian | The word "kultuur" derives from the German word "Kultur", which originally meant cultivation of the land. |
| Finnish | The word 'kulttuuri' is derived from the Finnish word 'kultti', meaning 'cult' or 'sect'. |
| French | Culture comes from the Latin word "colere", meaning "to cultivate" or "to inhabit." |
| Frisian | Besides 'culture', 'kultuer' can also mean 'growing' or 'cultivating' something. |
| Galician | The Galician word "cultura" comes from the Latin word "colere" (to cultivate or tend), and also means "agriculture" or "farming." |
| Georgian | The Georgian word “კულტურა” (kultura) originally meant “farming” or “cultivation,” but now commonly refers to “culture” in the sense of art, literature, and refinement. |
| German | The word "Kultur" in German has its origins in the Latin word "cultura," meaning "cultivation" or "agriculture." |
| Greek | The Greek word 'πολιτισμός' encompasses cultivation, refinement, enlightenment, education, worship, civilization, humanity, progress, courtesy, and urbanity, beyond its more common meaning of 'culture'. |
| Gujarati | "સંસ્કૃતિ" is ultimately derived from the root "कृ" (to do, to make), connoting a state of refinement or cultivation. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "kilti" is derived from the French word "culture" and also refers to "etiquette" or "breeding" in Haitian Creole. |
| Hausa | Hausa "al'ada" is also translated as "custom" or "habit". |
| Hawaiian | 'Mo'omeheu' is a compound word in Hawaiian that means 'to cultivate' or 'to care for'. It is derived from the words 'mo'o' (to care for, to cultivate) and 'meheu' (to cultivate, to train). |
| Hebrew | תַרְבּוּת derives from the verb לִרְבּוֹת (to increase) and implies the idea of a cultivated field that increases its yield through human intervention. |
| Hindi | The word 'संस्कृति' comes from the Sanskrit word 'सु संस्कर' meaning 'good refinement' or 'moral training'. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word “kab lis kev cai” (culture) comes from an older term meaning “way of life.” |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word for 'culture' ('kultúra') originally meant 'honor' and 'worship', indicating its ties to religion. |
| Icelandic | The word "menning" is derived from the Old Norse word "menni" which means "intelligence" or "thought". It is also related to the German word "Meinen" which means "to think" or "to have an opinion". |
| Igbo | The word "Omenala" in Igbo also means "tradition" or "custom", and is derived from the root word "ome" meaning "way of doing things". |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "budaya" derives from Sanskrit and originally meant "intelligence" or "spirituality" |
| Irish | The Irish word "cultúr" derives from the Latin "cultura," meaning "cultivation," and also denotes the process of educating and refining oneself. |
| Italian | In Italian, "cultura" can also refer to agriculture, cultivation, or farming. |
| Japanese | The word "文化" (bunka) in Japanese originally meant "civilization" and was borrowed from Chinese, but its meaning shifted to "culture" in the Meiji era under the influence of Western thought. |
| Javanese | The word "budaya" in Javanese can also refer to plants or flowers that have not yet bloomed or the soil in which they grow. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "мәдениет" (culture) originates from the Arabic word "madani" (civilized), ultimately deriving from the root word "madina" (city). |
| Khmer | The word វប្បធម៌ in Khmer is derived from Sanskrit word संस्कृती (saṃskṛti) which means 'purification' or 'refinement'. |
| Korean | The word "문화" (munhwa), meaning "culture", derives from the Chinese characters 文 (mun) and 化 (hwa), which together mean "transformation through writing". |
| Kurdish | Çande also means 'fermentation' or 'yeast' in some dialects of Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | In Arabic, 'madaniyat' originally referred to a city or town but now also refers to civilization or culture. |
| Latin | "cultura" also means "agriculture" or "cultivation" in Latin. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "kultūru" comes from the German word "Kultur", which originally meant cultivation. |
| Lithuanian | The word "kultūra" in Lithuanian is derived from the Latin "cultus", which means "cultivation" or "tilling of the soil", and thus refers to the development and refinement of the mind and manners. |
| Luxembourgish | "Kultur" has a much broader meaning in Luxembourgish that encompasses the totality of a person's knowledge or artistic achievements. |
| Macedonian | The word "култура" is derived from Latin and originally meant "cultivation" or "farming". |
| Malagasy | The word "kolontsaina" in Malagasy originates from the French word "culture" and also refers to "civilization" or "refinement" |
| Malay | "Budaya" can also refer to a specific field or category of knowledge, such as medicine or religion, and can be used in a plural form to denote multiple such fields. |
| Malayalam | The word സംസ്കാരം (samskara) in Malayalam, derived from Sanskrit, carries the dual meaning of "culture" and "refinement of character or conduct." |
| Maltese | Maltese 'kultura' comes from Italian 'cultura', which comes from the Latin 'cultura' (cultivation, tilled soil, worship), which comes from the verb 'colere' (to cultivate, worship) |
| Maori | The word "ahurea" in Māori can also mean "custom, tradition, knowledge, or wisdom." |
| Mongolian | Mongolian "соёл" derives from the verb "соё/сөөх", meaning "to grow" and refers to both "cultivation" and "culture". |
| Nepali | The word "संस्कृति" (culture) comes from the Sanskrit root "कृषि" (agriculture), indicating the close connection between culture and the cultivation of the land and its resources. |
| Norwegian | Norwegian "kultur" can refer to refined knowledge and habits, artistic works and achievements, or more generally the state of human civilization. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, the word 'chikhalidwe' can also refer to a group of people who share a common language and customs. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "کلتور" can also refer to "nurture" or "upbringing." |
| Persian | The word "فرهنگ" can also mean "dictionary" in Persian, highlighting the strong connection between language and culture in the Persian tradition. |
| Polish | The word "kultura" in Polish is derived from the Latin word "cultura" and also carries the meaning of "cultivation" or "farming". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Cultura" also means agriculture or farming in Portuguese. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "cultură" also means "plowing" and comes from the Latin word "cultura." |
| Russian | The word "культура" can also mean "cultivation" or "breeding". |
| Samoan | The word "aganuu" can also refer to the customs, traditions, and beliefs of a particular group of people. |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, "cultar" is cognate with the French word "culture" and originally referred to agriculture or cultivation in general. |
| Serbian | The term 'културе' is derived from the Latin 'cultura,' meaning 'tilling,' 'cultivating,' and 'worshipping,' and also carries connotations of education and refinement. |
| Sesotho | The term 'setso' also has several related meanings including 'tradition', 'language' or 'custom' |
| Shona | Tsika nemagariro's root is 'ts' which means 'to give birth' and 'ka' which means 'small', signifying that culture is passed down from generation to generation. |
| Sindhi | 'ثقافت' (Sindhi) refers to both a physical and mental state of refinement and cultivation. |
| Slovak | The term 'kultúra' can also mean 'cultivation' or 'agriculture' in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | The word "kultura" can also mean 'worship' in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The word "dhaqanka" can also refer to "tradition" or "heritage" in Somali. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "cultura" comes from the Latin "colere," meaning "to cultivate, inhabit, or care for." |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word 'budaya' can also refer to a performance or an activity that is part of a particular culture. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word |
| Swedish | In Swedish, "kultur" can also refer to agriculture or cultivation, as it derives from the Latin "colere" (to cultivate, inhabit, or worship). |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Tagalog's "kultura" is derived from the Spanish "cultura", meaning 'cultivation', 'tilling,' or 'worship', in turn rooted in Latin "colere" meaning "to cultivate" or "to worship." |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "фарҳанг" ("farhang") also has the meaning of "dictionary" in Persian |
| Tamil | கலாச்சாரம் (Kalāchāram) derives from "kalai" (art) and "āchāram" (customs), reflecting its multifaceted nature encompassing both artistic expression and societal practices. |
| Telugu | సంస్కృతి (culture) also refers to refinement and cultivation, especially in education. |
| Thai | The Thai word "วัฒนธรรม" also translates to "civilization" and refers to the customs, beliefs, and institutions of a particular society. |
| Turkish | Kültür derives from the Turkic word 'kök', meaning 'root', and refers to the shared values, beliefs and practices of a society. |
| Ukrainian | In Ukrainian, "культури" can also mean "agricultural crops" or "microbes or bacteria grown under controlled conditions." |
| Urdu | The word "ثقافت" can also mean "civilization" or "society" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | Uzbek "madaniyat" shares its origin with the Arabic word "madaniyya", which also means "city" or "civilization". |
| Vietnamese | The word "văn hóa" is derived from the Chinese "文" (wén), meaning "written language, literature," and "化" (huà), meaning "transformation, cultivation." |
| Welsh | The word 'diwylliant' is derived from the Latin word 'colere,' meaning to cultivate or tend to, and also shares a root with the English word 'civilisation'. |
| Xhosa | Inkcubeko, a noun, has its origins in Bantu and Nguni words referring to growth, planting or cultivation. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word 'קולטור' also has a secondary meaning of 'knowledge' or 'erudition'. |
| Yoruba | Asa can also refer to "tradition" or "behavior" and may be related to the name of the Yoruba god "Asa". |
| Zulu | The Zulu word 'isiko' can also refer to a person's identity, values, and customs. |
| English | The word "culture" derives from the Latin "colere," meaning "to cultivate or inhabit," and has evolved to encompass the cultivation of knowledge, beliefs, and practices. |