naturalization

English

Alternative forms

• naturalisation

Etymology

From Middle French naturalisation.

Noun

naturalization (countable and uncountable, plural naturalizations)

1. The action of naturalizing somebody; act of granting citizenship.
2. The admission or adoption of foreign words or customs into general use.
3. The introduction and establishment of an animal or plant into a place where it is not indigenous.

Antonyms

• denaturalization

Translations

act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship

• Bulgarian: натурализиране n (naturalizirane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 入籍 (zh) (rùjí)

• Finnish: kansalaisuuden myöntäminen
• French: naturalisation (fr) f
• Georgian: ნატურალიზაცია (naṭuralizacia)
• German: Einbürgerung (de) f
• Hungarian: honosítás (hu), állampolgárság megszerzése/megadása
• Irish: eadóirseacht f
• Japanese: 帰化 (ja) (kika)
• Kazakh: қоластына алу (qolastyna alu)
• Maori: whakatangatawhenuatanga
• Polish: naturalizacja (pl) f
• Spanish: naturalización f
• Turkmen: naturalizasiýa, naturalizleşdirme

admission or adoption of foreign words or customs into general use

• Hungarian: meghonosítás (hu), meghonosodás (hu)