acculture
See also: acculturé
English
WOTD – 6 February 2012
Etymology
Either ac- + culture or a back-formation from acculturation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈkʌl.tʃəɹ/
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Verb
acculture (third-person singular simple present accultures, present participle acculturing, simple past and past participle accultured)
- To familiarize oneself with, and adopt a new culture, especially by an immigrant
- I accultured myself very easily when I moved from Chile to Brazil; Portuguese, being similar to Spanish, was easy to learn. It might have been harder to acculture to life in Hong Kong.
Related terms
Translations
familiarize oneself with a new culture
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: acculturent, accultures
Verb
acculture
- first-person singular present indicative of acculturer
- third-person singular present indicative of acculturer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of acculturer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of acculturer
- second-person singular imperative of acculturer
Latin
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