cultiver

cultiver [kyltive]

➭ TABLE 1

1. transitive verb

   a. [+ champ] to cultivate

• terres cultivées arable land

   b. [+ céréales, légumes, vigne] to grow ; [+ moules, huîtres] to farm

   c. [+ goût, don, image] to cultivate

• il cultive le paradoxe he goes out of his way to do the unexpected

• elle cultive sa différence she sets out to be different

   d. [+ personne, amitié] to cultivate

2. reflexive verb

► se cultiver to improve one's mind

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kyltive
1.

verbe transitif

1) Agriculture to grow [plante]; to cultivate [champ]

2) (entretenir) to cultivate

2.

se cultiver verbe pronominal

1) (devoir être entretenu) [amitié, don] to need to be cultivated

2) (s'instruire) [personne] to improve one's mind

3) [plante] to be grown; [terre] to be cultivated

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kyltive vt

1) [champs, terre] to cultivate, to farm, [légumes] to grow

cultiver la terre — to farm the land

Il cultive la vigne. — He grows grapes.

2) fig, [vertus, différences] to develop

il faut cultiver son jardin — we must cultivate our garden

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cultiver verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 Agric to grow [plante]; to cultivate [champ];

2 (entretenir) to cultivate [art, image, tradition, relation, mémoire, don].

B se cultiver vpr

1 (devoir être entretenu) [beauté, amitié, don, goût] to need to be cultivated;

2 (s'instruire) [personne] to improve one's culture;

3 Agric [plante] to be grown; [terre] to be cultivated.

[kyltive] verbe transitif

1. AGRICULTURE [champ, terres] to cultivate, to farm

[plantes] to grow

2. [conserver obstinément - accent] to cultivate

elle cultive le paradoxe she cultivates a paradoxical way of thinking

3. [entretenir - relations, savoir] to keep up

4. [protéger] to protect, to safeguard

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se cultiver verbe pronominal intransitif

to educate oneself

elle s'est cultivée par elle-même she's self-taught

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se cultiver verbe pronominal transitif

se cultiver l'esprit to cultivate the mind