Inculte

Part of Speech

noun

Difficulty Level

Translations

🇩🇪 unkultivierter Mensch , 🇪🇸 persona inculta , 🇮🇹 persona non colta , 🇵🇹 pessoa sem cultura ou educação , 🇨🇳 没有文化的人 , 🇯🇵 無教養な人 , 🇰🇷 문화적이지 않은 사람 , 🇸🇦 إنسان غير منور , 🇮🇳 अनभिज्ञ व्यक्ति

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Etymology

The French noun **inculte** comes directly from the Latin adjective **incultus** “un‑cultivated, uneducated.” It is formed with the prefix **in‑** (negation) + **cultus**, the past participle of *colere* “to cultivate, to tend, to revere.” First recorded in the Middle Ages, the term entered French as an adjective and later was nominalized to refer to a person lacking culture or education.

Synonyms

ignorant idiot simplet imbécile sauvage bête inintellectuel

Antonyms

cultivé éduqué savant érudit instruit