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intercultural

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T ER0 K AH1 L CH ER0 AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

of, relating to, or between different cultures

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Indo-European *kwelh1- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kwélh1eti Proto-Italic *kwelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh2? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English -al English cultural English intercultural From inter- + cultural.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: mədəniyyətlərarası — between different cultures
  • Catalan: intercultural — between different cultures
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不同文化間的 /不同文化间的 (bùtóng wénhuà jiān de) — between different cultures
  • Chinese Mandarin: 跨文化的 (kuà wénhuà de) — between different cultures
  • Dutch: intercultureel — between different cultures
  • Finnish: kulttuurienvälinen — between different cultures
  • Finnish: poikkikulttuurinen — between different cultures
  • French: interculturel — between different cultures
  • German: interkulturell — between different cultures
  • Japanese: 異文化の (ibunka no) — between different cultures
  • Kazakh: мәдениетаралық (mädenietaralyq) — between different cultures
  • Polish: międzykulturowy — between different cultures
  • Portuguese: intercultural — between different cultures
  • Romanian: intercultural — between different cultures
  • Russian: межкульту́рный (mežkulʹtúrnyj) — between different cultures
  • Spanish: intercultural — between different cultures
  • Vietnamese: liên văn hoá — between different cultures
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