"acculture" meaning in English

See acculture in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /əˈkʌl.t͡ʃɚ/ Audio: En-us-ncalif-acculture.ogg Forms: accultures [present, singular, third-person], acculturing [participle, present], accultured [participle, past], accultured [past]
Etymology: Either ac- + culture or a back-formation from acculturation. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|ac|culture}} ac- + culture Head templates: {{en-verb}} acculture (third-person singular simple present accultures, present participle acculturing, simple past and past participle accultured)
  1. To familiarize oneself with, and adopt a new culture, especially by an immigrant Derived forms: unaccultured Related terms: acculturation Translations (familiarize oneself with a new culture): aculturar (Catalan), kotiutua (Finnish), kotoutua (Finnish), akkulturoitua (Finnish), acculturer (French), akkulturieren (German), aculturar-se (Portuguese), адапти́роваться (adaptírovatʹsja) (Russian), интегри́роваться (integrírovatʹsja) (Russian), aculturar (Spanish)

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