🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Kultivator

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kool-tee-vah-tor

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cultivator/ˈkʌl.tɪ.veɪ.tər/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Der Kultivator bereitete den Boden für die Pflanzen vor."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person or machine that prepares and works on land in order to grow crops.

    "The cultivator efficiently turned the soil, making it ready for planting."
  2. 2

    An agricultural implement used for tilling the soil.

    "Farmers often use a cultivator to aerate the soil and remove weeds."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'cultivator' originates from the Latin 'cultivare', meaning 'to till or cultivate', which evolved through Old French before entering Middle English. The term has historically shifted from a general sense of 'to prepare land for crops' to a more specific reference to tools and machines used in agriculture.

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