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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

relique culturelle

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʁə.lik kyl.ty.ʁɛl

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cultural Relic/ˈkʌl.tʃər.əl ˈrɛl.ɪk/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Le musée abrite de précieuses reliques culturelles."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An artifact, monument, or object of historical, artistic, or archaeological significance that has survived from a past period.

    "The museum displays thousands of ancient cultural relics unearthed from the imperial tombs."
  2. 2

    A tangible surviving symbol or tradition representing the culture and heritage of an earlier civilization.

    "Protecting and restoring cultural relics is essential for preserving national identity."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English 'cultural', combining 'culture' (from Latin 'cultura', meaning cultivation or tilling) and the adjectival suffix '-al', paired with 'relic' (from Latin 'reliquiae', meaning remains or something left behind). In the context of the Chinese search query 'wénhuà zǐyuán' (文化资源 - cultural resources) and related heritage terminology, it represents physical manifestations of human history and civilization preserved across generations.

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