cultivar

English

Etymology

Blend of cultivated +‎ variety or cultigen +‎ variety. Coined by American botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1923.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌltɪvɑɹ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

cultivar (plural cultivars)

1. A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species. [from 1923]

Hypernyms

• (cultivated variety of plant): cultigen, cultivar group, convariety

Derived terms

• cultigroup
• cultivar group
• intercultivar
• intracultivar
• nativar

Translations

cultivated variety

• Arabic: مُسْتَنْبَت m (mustanbat)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: cultivar (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 栽培品種 / 栽培品种 (zh) (zāipéi pǐnzhǒng)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: lajike (fi)
• French: cultivar (fr) m
• German: Cultivar m, Kultivar m, Kulturvarietät f, Sorte (de) f
• Indonesian: kultivar (id)
• Irish: saothróg f
• Japanese: 栽培品種 (さいばいひんしゅ, saibai hinshu), 園芸品種 (えんげいひんしゅ, engei hinshu)
• Kazakh: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 재배종 (jaebaejong), 원예품종 (wonyepumjong)
• Latin: cultivarietās f
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: kultywar (pl) m
• Portuguese: cultivar (pt) m
• Russian: сорт (ru) m (sort), культива́р (ru) m (kulʹtivár)
• Spanish: cultivar (es) m, variedad cultivada f
• Swedish: sort (sv) c, kultivar c, kultursort (sv) c, namnsort c

See also

• ICNCP

Anagrams

• curvital

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cultīvāre (“to till, cultivate”), from cultīvus (“tilled”), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“to till, cultivate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kul.tiˈβa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kul.tiˈva]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kul.tiˈvaɾ]

Verb

cultivar (first-person singular present cultivo, first-person singular preterite cultiví, past participle cultivat)

1. (agriculture) to cultivate; to grow (plants, etc.)

   Synonym: conrear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cultivar (first conjugation)

infinitive			cultivar
gerund			cultivant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cultivat		cultivada
		plural		cultivats		cultivades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cultivo	cultives	cultiva	cultivem	cultiveu	cultiven
	imperfect	cultivava	cultivaves	cultivava	cultivàvem	cultivàveu	cultivaven
	future	cultivaré	cultivaràs	cultivarà	cultivarem	cultivareu	cultivaran
	preterite	cultiví	cultivares	cultivà	cultivàrem	cultivàreu	cultivaren
	conditional	cultivaria	cultivaries	cultivaria	cultivaríem	cultivaríeu	cultivarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cultivi	cultivis	cultivi	cultivem	cultiveu	cultivin
	imperfect	cultivés	cultivessis	cultivés	cultivéssim	cultivéssiu	cultivessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	cultiva	cultivi	cultivem	cultiveu	cultivin
	negative (no)	—	no cultivis	no cultivi	no cultivem	no cultiveu	no cultivin

Derived terms

• cultivable
• cultivador

Related terms

• cultiu

Etymology 2

Noun

cultivar f (plural cultivars)

1. cultivar (a cultivated variety of a plant species)

Further reading

• “cultivar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cultivar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “cultivar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cultivar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English cultivar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʏl.tiˌvɑr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: cul‧ti‧var

Noun

cultivar m (plural cultivars)

1. cultivar

Hypernyms

• variëteit

Interlingua

Verb

cultivar

1. to cultivate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cultivar

infinitive		cultivar
participle		present	perfect
		cultivante	cultivate
active		simple	perfect
	present	cultiva	ha cultivate
	past	cultivava	habeva cultivate
	future	cultivara	habera cultivate
	conditional	cultivarea	haberea cultivate
	imperative	cultiva	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es cultivate	ha essite cultivate
	past	esseva cultivate	habeva essite cultivate
	future	essera cultivate	habera essite cultivate
	conditional	esserea cultivate	haberea essite cultivate
	imperative	sia cultivate	—

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuw.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [kuʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈva(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuw.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [kuʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈva(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kuw.t͡ʃiˈva(ɾ)/ [kuʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈva(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kuw.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [kuʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈva(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuw.t͡ʃiˈva(ɻ)/ [kuʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈva(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kul.tiˈvaɾ/ [kuɫ.tiˈvaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kul.tiˈvaɾ/ [kuɫ.tiˈvaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kul.tiˈbaɾ/ [kuɫ.tiˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kul.tiˈva.ɾi/ [kuɫ.tiˈva.ɾi]

• Rhymes: -aɾ, (Brazil, with r-droppping) -a
• Hyphenation: cul‧ti‧var

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cultīvāre (“to till, cultivate”), from cultīvus (“tilled”), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“to till, to cultivate”). Doublet of culto.

Verb

cultivar (first-person singular present cultivo, first-person singular preterite cultivei, past participle cultivado)

1. (transitive, agriculture) to cultivate; to grow (plants, etc.)
2. (transitive, figurative) to cultivate; to nurture
3. (transitive, reflexive, figurative) to perfect; to develop; to thrive

   Synonym: desenvolver

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cultivar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cultivar
Personal	cultivar	cultivares	cultivar	cultivarmos	cultivardes	cultivarem
Gerund
	cultivando
Past participle
Masculine	cultivado			cultivados
Feminine	cultivada			cultivadas
Indicative
Present	cultivo	cultivas	cultiva	cultivamos	cultivais	cultivam
Imperfect	cultivava	cultivavas	cultivava	cultivávamos	cultiváveis	cultivavam
Preterite	cultivei	cultivaste	cultivou	cultivamos1, cultivámos2	cultivastes	cultivaram
Pluperfect	cultivara	cultivaras	cultivara	cultiváramos	cultiváreis	cultivaram
Future	cultivarei	cultivarás	cultivará	cultivaremos	cultivareis	cultivarão
Conditional	cultivaria	cultivarias	cultivaria	cultivaríamos	cultivaríeis	cultivariam
Subjunctive
Present	cultive	cultives	cultive	cultivemos	cultiveis	cultivem
Imperfect	cultivasse	cultivasses	cultivasse	cultivássemos	cultivásseis	cultivassem
Future	cultivar	cultivares	cultivar	cultivarmos	cultivardes	cultivarem
Imperative
Affirmative		cultiva	cultive	cultivemos	cultivai	cultivem
Negative (não)		não cultives	não cultive	não cultivemos	não cultiveis	não cultivem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• cultivo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cultivar.

Noun

cultivar m (plural cultivares)

1. (botany) cultivar

Further reading

• “cultivar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cultīvāre (“to till, cultivate”), from cultīvus (“tilled”), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“to till, cultivate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kultiˈbaɾ/ [kul̪.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cul‧ti‧var

Verb

cultivar (first-person singular present cultivo, first-person singular preterite cultivé, past participle cultivado)

1. (agriculture) to cultivate; to grow (plants, etc.)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cultivar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cultivar
gerund			cultivando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cultivado		cultivada
		plural		cultivados		cultivadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cultivo	cultivastú cultivásvos	cultiva	cultivamos	cultiváis	cultivan
	imperfect	cultivaba	cultivabas	cultivaba	cultivábamos	cultivabais	cultivaban
	preterite	cultivé	cultivaste	cultivó	cultivamos	cultivasteis	cultivaron
	future	cultivaré	cultivarás	cultivará	cultivaremos	cultivaréis	cultivarán
	conditional	cultivaría	cultivarías	cultivaría	cultivaríamos	cultivaríais	cultivarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cultive	cultivestú cultivésvos2	cultive	cultivemos	cultivéis	cultiven
	imperfect (ra)	cultivara	cultivaras	cultivara	cultiváramos	cultivarais	cultivaran
	imperfect (se)	cultivase	cultivases	cultivase	cultivásemos	cultivaseis	cultivasen
	future1	cultivare	cultivares	cultivare	cultiváremos	cultivareis	cultivaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cultivatú cultivávos	cultive	cultivemos	cultivad	cultiven
	negative		no cultives	no cultive	no cultivemos	no cultivéis	no cultiven

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of cultivar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive cultivar	dative	cultivarme	cultivarte	cultivarle, cultivarse	cultivarnos	cultivaros	cultivarles, cultivarse
	accusative	cultivarme	cultivarte	cultivarlo, cultivarla, cultivarse	cultivarnos	cultivaros	cultivarlos, cultivarlas, cultivarse
with gerund cultivando	dative	cultivándome	cultivándote	cultivándole, cultivándose	cultivándonos	cultivándoos	cultivándoles, cultivándose
	accusative	cultivándome	cultivándote	cultivándolo, cultivándola, cultivándose	cultivándonos	cultivándoos	cultivándolos, cultivándolas, cultivándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cultiva	dative	cultívame	cultívate	cultívale	cultívanos	not used	cultívales
	accusative	cultívame	cultívate	cultívalo, cultívala	cultívanos	not used	cultívalos, cultívalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cultivá	dative	cultivame	cultivate	cultivale	cultivanos	not used	cultivales
	accusative	cultivame	cultivate	cultivalo, cultivala	cultivanos	not used	cultivalos, cultivalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cultive	dative	cultíveme	not used	cultívele, cultívese	cultívenos	not used	cultíveles
	accusative	cultíveme	not used	cultívelo, cultívela, cultívese	cultívenos	not used	cultívelos, cultívelas
with first-person plural imperative cultivemos	dative	not used	cultivémoste	cultivémosle	cultivémonos	cultivémoos	cultivémosles
	accusative	not used	cultivémoste	cultivémoslo, cultivémosla	cultivémonos	cultivémoos	cultivémoslos, cultivémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cultivad	dative	cultivadme	not used	cultivadle	cultivadnos	cultivaos	cultivadles
	accusative	cultivadme	not used	cultivadlo, cultivadla	cultivadnos	cultivaos	cultivadlos, cultivadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cultiven	dative	cultívenme	not used	cultívenle	cultívennos	not used	cultívenles, cultívense
	accusative	cultívenme	not used	cultívenlo, cultívenla	cultívennos	not used	cultívenlos, cultívenlas, cultívense

Related terms

• cultivo

Noun

cultivar m (plural cultivares)

1. (botany, agriculture) cultivar

Further reading

• “cultivar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10