intercultural

adjective

in·​ter·​cul·​tur·​al ˌin-tər-ˈkəlch-rəl 

-ˈkəl-chə-

variants or less commonly inter-cultural

1

: occurring between or involving two or more cultures (see culture entry 1 sense 1b)

intercultural differences

an intercultural gathering

2

: occurring during the growing period between sowing and harvesting

intercultural operations including weeding, pruning, and fertilizing

3

of a crop : cultivated between the rows of another crop

intercultural beans

interculturally

ˌin-tər-ˈkəlch-rə-lē 

-ˈkəl-chə-

adverb

or less commonly inter-culturally

In transcription, the concerns of most scholars have led to the emphasis of interculturally relevant over culture-specific content.

—Ter Ellingson

Examples of intercultural in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Insights from different regions and the intercultural aspect of working together are just as important. —Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 6 Dec. 2025

International Baccalaureate, established in 1968 in Geneva, Switzerland, was initially designed for children of expatriates and diplomats seeking a consistent high school level curriculum worldwide that emphasized critical thinking and intercultural understanding. —Cyril A. Reinicke, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2025

At 16, Murati won a scholarship from United World Colleges—a program that brings together students from over 80 countries to promote intercultural understanding and social responsibility—to study at Pearson College on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. —Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025

But there was distrust among the those at the Sept. 26 demonstration, some of whom drew parallels to another uproar in 2020 with the departure of the dean of intercultural studies, Brittany Paschall. —Liam Adams, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1878, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for intercultural

• agricultural
• countercultural
• horticultural
• multicultural
• silvicultural
• viticultural
• bicultural
• subcultural
• transcultural
• cultural
• nonagricultural
• sociocultural