acculture
See also: acculturé
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Either ac- + culture or a back-formation from acculturation.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /əˈkʌl.t͡ʃɚ/
Audio (Northern California): (file)
Verb
[edit]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.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]familiarize oneself with a new culture
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French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file) - Homophones: acculturent, accultures
Verb
[edit]acculture
- inflection of acculturer:
Latin
[edit]Participle
[edit]accultūre
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