transculturation
noun
transculturation is spelled T-R-A-N-S-C-U-L-T-U-R-A-T-I-O-N: 16 letters. It appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, transculturation means “The phenomenon of merging and converging cultures” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of transculturation is transculturations.
How many letters and syllables are in transculturation?
| Letters | 16: T-R-A-N-S-C-U-L-T-U-R-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 85 million words; the 293,966th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is transculturation?
Transculturation appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of transculturation
- transculturations plural
- transculturisation
- transculturization
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does transculturation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The phenomenon of merging and converging cultures.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Transculturation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | transculturación |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does transculturation come from?
From trans- + culture + -ation, coined by Cuban anthropologist Fernando Ortiz in 1947.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).