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Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʁe.feˈɾẽ.si.ɐ kuw.tuˈʁaw
"A letra da música faz uma referência cultural importante."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An allusion to a known element of culture, such as a character, event, piece of art, or social norm, understood by a specific group of people.
"The comedian's joke relied heavily on a cultural reference to an iconic 1990s television sitcom." - 2
A citation or mention of cultural practices, values, or traditions within an academic or analytical text.
"The thesis provides a detailed cultural reference regarding indigenous storytelling traditions."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'cultural', derived from the Latin 'cultura' (cultivation, tillage) via French, and 'reference', from the Latin 'referre' (to bring back, to relate). Together, the phrase emerged in modern media studies and literary criticism to denote shared knowledge within a specific societal group.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Cultural reference" is said worldwide
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référence culturelle
Transliteration: ʁe.fe.ʁɑ̃s kyl.ty.ʁɛl
"Ce film est plein de références culturelles subtiles."
kultureller Bezug
Transliteration: kʊl.tuˈʁɛ.lɐ bəˈt͡suːk
"Der Roman enthält viele versteckte kulturelle Bezüge."
riferimento culturale
Transliteration: ri.fe.riˈmɛn.to kul.tuˈraː.le
"Il dialogo è ricco di riferimenti culturali locali."
referencia cultural
Transliteration: re.feˈɾen.西亚 kul.tuˈɾal
"Los espectadores extranjeros perdieron la referencia cultural del chiste."
referência cultural
Transliteration: ʁe.feˈɾẽ.si.ɐ kuw.tuˈʁaw
"A letra da música faz uma referência cultural importante."
सांस्कृतिक संदर्भ
Transliteration: sāṁskr̥tik sandarbh
"इस कविता में कई छिपे हुए सांस्कृतिक संदर्भ हैं।"
文化参照
Transliteration: wénhuà cānzhào
"这部电影包含了很多当地的文化参照。"
문화적 참조
Transliteration: munhwajeok chamjo
"이 농담은 한국의 독특한 문화적 참조를 담고 있다."
文化的参照
Transliteration: bunka-teki sanshō
"その小説には多くの文化的参照が含まれている。"
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