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multicultural

English

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Etymology

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From multiculture +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌmʌltiˈkʌlt͡ʃəɹəl/

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multicultural (comparative more multicultural, superlative most multicultural)

  1. Relating or pertaining to several different cultures.
    Coordinate terms: monocultural (1), bicultural (2), tricultural (3)
    Near-synonym: polycultural (several or many)
    • 31 October 2001, The Guardian‎[1]:
      Viewed from the boardrooms of Britain, the market is becoming more multicultural than could have been imagined just five years ago.
    • 2022 October 12, Bernardine Evaristo, “Read Your Way Through London”, in The New York Times‎[2]:
      The literary landscape of London is as varied as the city itself. According to the 2011 census, 40 percent of residents identified as “Asian, Black, Mixed or Other.” While this is no multi-culti utopia, it is undeniably an intensely multicultural metropolis where more than 300 languages are spoken.
  2. (euphemistic) Relating or pertaining to groups, households or families involving persons with different or mixed ethnicities or races.
    • 2011, ABC13‎[3]:
      Bedgood, whose father is African American and mother is Caucasian, says he's struggling to deal with such hatred. He grew up in Santa Clarita and says he could not have imagined something like this happening in a quiet community with many multicultural families.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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From multi- +‎ cultural.

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multicultural m or f (masculine and feminine plural multiculturals)

  1. multicultural

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Galician

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Etymology

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From multi- +‎ cultural.

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multicultural m or f (plural multiculturais)

  1. multicultural

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Portuguese

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From multi- +‎ cultural.

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /muw.t͡ʃi.kuw.tuˈɾaw/ [muʊ̯.t͡ʃi.kuʊ̯.tuˈɾaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mul.ti.kul.tuˈɾal/ [muɫ.ti.kuɫ.tuˈɾaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mul.ti.kul.tuˈɾa.li/ [muɫ.ti.kuɫ.tuˈɾa.li]

  • Hyphenation: mul‧ti‧cul‧tu‧ral

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multicultural m or f (plural multiculturais)

  1. multicultural (encompassing several cultures)

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English multicultural or French multiculturel. By surface analysis, multi- +‎ cultural.

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multicultural m or n (feminine singular multiculturală, masculine plural multiculturali, feminine and neuter plural multiculturale)

  1. multicultural

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite multicultural multiculturală multiculturali multiculturale
definite multiculturalul multiculturala multiculturalii multiculturalele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite multicultural multiculturale multiculturali multiculturale
definite multiculturalului multiculturalei multiculturalilor multiculturalelor

Spanish

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Etymology

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From multi- +‎ cultural.

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  • IPA(key): /multikultuˈɾal/ [mul̪.t̪i.kul̪.t̪uˈɾal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: mul‧ti‧cul‧tu‧ral

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multicultural m or f (masculine and feminine plural multiculturales)

  1. multicultural
    Synonym: pluricultural

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