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colto.

cultivated (of land)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈkol.to/
  1. cultivated (of land)

    terreni colti e incolti
  2. cultured, well-educated, cultivated (of people)

    il professore è un uomo molto colto
  3. cultured, refined (e.g. of speech, writing)

    quel giornalista scrive in maniera colta e raffinata
  4. venerated, revered

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of verb colō (“to till, to cultivate”), originating from Proto-Indo-European *kʷl̥tós, derived from the root *kʷel- (“to turn”). Doublet of culto.

noun/ˈkol.to/
  1. cultivated field

    literary · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of verb colō (“to till, to cultivate”), originating from Proto-Indo-European *kʷl̥tós, derived from the root *kʷel- (“to turn”). Doublet of culto.

verb/ˈkɔl.to/
  1. past participle of cogliere

    form-of · participle · past
Where this word comes from

From Latin collectus, perfect passive participle of verb colligō (“to gather, to collect”).

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