cult

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• /kʌlt/
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• [khʌlt]
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• /ˈkɒlt/ gulf-golf merger
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• homophone: colt (gulf-golf merger, doll–dole merger)
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• rhymes with -ʌlt
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Derived from French culte, from Latin cultus (“care, adoration; cult”), from colō (“cultivate; protect”).

130 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: култов (kultov) — of or relating to a cult
• Danish: kult- — of or relating to a cult
• Finnish: kultti- — of or relating to a cult
• Finnish: lahkolais- — of or relating to a cult
• Portuguese: cultual — of or relating to a cult
• Bulgarian: култов (kultov) — enjoyed by a small, loyal group
• Czech: kultovní — enjoyed by a small, loyal group
• Danish: kult- — enjoyed by a small, loyal group
• Finnish: kultti- — enjoyed by a small, loyal group
• French: culte — enjoyed by a small, loyal group
• German: Kult- — enjoyed by a small, loyal group
• German: kultig — enjoyed by a small, loyal group
• Polish: kultowy — enjoyed by a small, loyal group
• Portuguese: cult — enjoyed by a small, loyal group
• Russian: культовый (kulʹtovyj) — enjoyed by a small, loyal group
• Spanish: de culto — enjoyed by a small, loyal group
• Swedish: kultförklarad — enjoyed by a small, loyal group
• Turkish: kült — enjoyed by a small, loyal group
• Southern Altai: культ (kulʹt) — subset of worship
• Belarusian: культ (kulʹt) — subset of worship
• Bulgarian: култ (kult) — subset of worship
• Catalan: culte — subset of worship
• Chinese Mandarin: 崇拜 (chóngbài) — subset of worship
• Czech: kult — subset of worship
• Danish: kult — subset of worship
• Dutch: cultus — subset of worship
• Esperanto: kulto — subset of worship
• Finnish: kultti — subset of worship
• French: culte — subset of worship
• German: Kult — subset of worship
• German: Kultus — subset of worship
• Greek: θρησκεία (thriskeía) — subset of worship
• Greek: δόγμα (dógma) — subset of worship
• Hebrew: פּוּלְחָן (pulkhan) — subset of worship
• Italian: culto — subset of worship
• Japanese: 崇拝 (sūhai) — subset of worship
• Korean: 숭배 (sungbae) — subset of worship
• Kumyk: культ (kulʹt) — subset of worship
• Kumyk: баш этив (baş etiw) — subset of worship
• Macedonian: култ (kult) — subset of worship
• Polish: kult — subset of worship
• Portuguese: culto — subset of worship
• Portuguese: veneração — subset of worship
• Russian: культ (kulʹt) — subset of worship
• Slovak: kult — subset of worship
• Slovene: kult — subset of worship
• Spanish: veneración — subset of worship
• Swedish: kult — subset of worship
• Turkish: tarikat — subset of worship
• Ukrainian: культ (kulʹt) — subset of worship
• Vietnamese: sự sùng bái — subset of worship
• Arabic: طائِفَة (ṭāʔifa) — sect
• Arabic: فِرْقَة (firqa) — sect
• Arabic: مِلّة (milla) — sect
• Armenian: աղանդ (aġand) — sect
• Belarusian: культ (kulʹt) — sect
• Belarusian: се́кта (sjékta) — sect
• Bulgarian: култ (kult) — sect
• Bulgarian: се́кта (sékta) — sect
• Burmese: နိကာယ (ni.kaya.) — sect
• Catalan: secta — sect
• Catalan: culte — sect
• Chinese Mandarin: 邪教 (xiéjiào) — sect
• Chinese Mandarin: 異教 /异教 (yìjiào) — sect
• Czech: kult — sect
• Czech: sekta — sect
• Danish: kult — sect
• Danish: sekt — sect
• Dutch: sekte — sect
• Esperanto: sekto — sect
• Esperanto: kulto — sect
• Estonian: kultus — sect
• Finnish: lahko — sect
• Finnish: uskonlahko — sect
• Finnish: kultti — sect
• French: secte — sect
• French: culte — sect
• Georgian: კულტი (ḳulṭi) — sect
• German: Sekte — sect
• Greek: αίρεση (aíresi) — sect
• Greek: λατρεία (latreía) — sect
• Hebrew: כַּת (kat) — sect
• Hindi: पंथ (panth) — sect
• Hungarian: szekta — sect
• Icelandic: sértrúarsöfnuður — sect
• Indonesian: sekte — sect
• Irish: cultas — sect
• Italian: culto — sect
• Japanese: カルト (karuto) — sect
• Khmer: និកាយ (nikaay) — sect
• Korean: 컬트 (keolteu) — sect
• Lao: ນິກາຍ (ni kāi) — sect
• Latin: cultus — sect
• Latvian: kults — sect
• Lithuanian: kultas — sect
• Macedonian: секта (sekta) — sect
• Macedonian: култ (kult) — sect
• Malay: kultus — sect
• Malay: taifah — sect
• Malay: sekte — sect
• Malay: sekta — sect
• Malay: sinanjung — sect
• Norwegian Bokmål: kult — sect
• Norwegian Bokmål: sekt — sect
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kult — sect
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sekt — sect
• Persian: فرقه (ferqe) — sect
• Polish: sekta — sect
• Polish: kult — sect
• Portuguese: culto — sect
• Portuguese: seita — sect
• Romanian: cult — sect
• Romanian: sectă — sect
• Russian: культ (kulʹt) — sect
• Russian: се́кта (sékta) — sect
• Serbo-Croatian: ку̏лт — sect
• Serbo-Croatian: kȕlt — sect
• Slovak: kult — sect
• Slovene: kult — sect
• Spanish: secta — sect
• Swedish: sekt — sect
• Swedish: kult — sect
• Tagalog: kulto — sect
• Thai: นิกาย (ní-gaai) — sect
• Turkish: kült — sect
• Turkish: tapınç — sect
• Turkish: tarikat — sect
• Ukrainian: культ (kulʹt) — sect
• Ukrainian: се́кта (sékta) — sect
• Vietnamese: giáo phái — sect