Latinize

English

Alternative forms

• Latinise (mainly UK)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈlæt.ɪn.eɪz/, /ˈlæt.ən.eɪz/

Verb

Latinize (third-person singular simple present Latinizes, present participle Latinizing, simple past and past participle Latinized)

1. (transitive) To translate something into the Latin language; or make a word similar in appearance to a Latin word.

   Guglielmus is the Latinized form of William

2. (transitive) To transliterate something into the characters of the Latin script; to Romanize

   The Cyrillic letter Л can be Latinized as L

Related terms

• Latinization

Translations

to translate to Latin language

• Finnish: latinantaa (fi); latinoida (fi)
• German: latinisieren (de)

• Portuguese: latinizar (pt)

to transliterate to Latin script — see romanize