Meanings
plural cultivations
- The art or act of cultivating (improvement of land for or by agriculture), as:
- countableuncountableTillage: plowing, sowing and raising crops.
The cultivation of these valleys dates back thousands of years.
- countableuncountableLight tillage: turning or stirring the soil, especially for weed control.
The cultivation of the hillside led to soil erosion.
- countableuncountableThe state of being cultivated or used for agriculture
These fields are in cultivation.
- countableuncountableDevotion of time or attention to the improvement of (something)
His steadfast cultivation of their relationship finally bore fruit.
- countableuncountableAdvancement or refinement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition
She is a woman of great cultivation.
Synonyms: refinement, culture, education
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAdvancement or refinement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition
art or act of cultivating
More synonyms by meaning
nouna highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchcultivation
- Medieval Latincultivātus
- Englishcultivation
From Medieval Latin cultivātus, perfect passive participle of cultivō, + -ion, or Middle French cultivation. By surface analysis, cultivate + -ion.
More words from Medieval Latin, Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans kultivasie
- kultivasieart or act of cultivating
Arabic تَهْذِيب
- تَهْذِيب (tahḏīb)art or act of cultivating
Bengali চাষ, জেরাত
- চাষ (caś)art or act of cultivating
- জেরাত (jerat)art or act of cultivating
Bulgarian обработка, отгле́ждане
- обработка (obrabotka)art or act of cultivating
- отгле́ждане (otgléždane)art or act of cultivating
Chinese Mandarin 开化, 教化
- 开化 (kāihuà)state of being cultivated
- 教化 (jiàohuà)state of being cultivated
- 養殖 /养殖 (yǎngzhí)art or act of cultivating
Dutch teelt
- teeltart or act of cultivating
Esperanto kultivado
- kultivadoart or act of cultivating
Finnish viljely, viljelys
- viljelystate of being cultivated
- viljelysstate of being cultivated
- panostaminendevotion of time or attention to the improvement of
- kultivoituneisuusadvancement or refinement in condition
- viljelyart or act of cultivating
French culture
- cultureart or act of cultivating
German Kultivierung, Bildung
- Kultivierungdevotion of time or attention to the improvement of
- Bildungadvancement or refinement in condition
- Kultivierungadvancement or refinement in condition
- Bodenbearbeitungart or act of cultivating
- Kultivierungart or act of cultivating
Hebrew טיפוח
- טיפוח (t'ipuakh)devotion of time or attention to the improvement of
Indonesian kultivasi, budidaya
- kultivasiart or act of cultivating
- budidayaart or act of cultivating
Irish saothrú
- saothrúart or act of cultivating
Italian coltura, coltura
- colturadevotion of time or attention to the improvement of
- colturaadvancement or refinement in condition
- colturaart or act of cultivating
Japanese 栽培
- 栽培 (saibai)art or act of cultivating
Korean 수련, 경작
- 수련 (suryeon)advancement or refinement in condition
- 경작 (gyeongjak)art or act of cultivating
Latin cultūra, cultūra
- cultūradevotion of time or attention to the improvement of
- cultūraart or act of cultivating
Persian کشت
- کشت (kešt)art or act of cultivating
Polish pielęgnowanie, uprawa
- pielęgnowaniedevotion of time or attention to the improvement of
- uprawaart or act of cultivating
Portuguese cultivo, cultivo
- cultivodevotion of time or attention to the improvement of
- cultivoart or act of cultivating
- cultivaçãoart or act of cultivating
Romanian cultivare, cultură
- cultivarestate of being cultivated
- culturădevotion of time or attention to the improvement of
- cultivareadvancement or refinement in condition
- instruireadvancement or refinement in condition
- cultivareart or act of cultivating
- cultură agricolăart or act of cultivating
- cultivațieart or act of cultivating
Russian культиви́рование, возде́лывание
- культиви́рование (kulʹtivírovanije)art or act of cultivating
- возде́лывание (vozdélyvanije)art or act of cultivating
- обрабо́тка (obrabótka)art or act of cultivating
- выра́щивание (vyráščivanije)art or act of cultivating
Scottish Gaelic àiteach
- àiteachart or act of cultivating
Spanish cultura, cultivo
- culturadevotion of time or attention to the improvement of
- cultivodevotion of time or attention to the improvement of
- cultivaciónart or act of cultivating
- cultivoart or act of cultivating
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cultivation
Cite this entry
cultivation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cultivation
“cultivation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cultivation. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cultivation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cultivation.
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