English
Etymology
American + -ize; first attested in 1797.
Pronunciation
Verb
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- (US, Canada) To make American, as to custom, culture, or style of the United States of America.
- (US, Canada) To localize a medium for sale or use in the United States.
Translations
to make American
- Arabic: أَمْرَكَ (ʔamraka)
- Egyptian Arabic: يأمرك m (yeʾámrek), تأمرك f (teʾámrek), يأمركو pl (yeʾamréku)
- Catalan: americanitzar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 美國化/美国化 (měiguóhuà), 美国化 (měiguóhuà), 美化 (zh) (měihuà), 美語用法/美语用法 (Měiyǔ yòngfǎ), 美语用法 (měiyǔ yòngfǎ) (linguistically)
- Dutch: amerikaniseren (nl)
- Esperanto: usonigi
- Finnish: amerikkalaistaa
- French: américaniser (fr)
- German: amerikanisieren
- Italian: americanizzare (it)
- (deprecated template usage)
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- Japanese: アメリカ風にする (Amerikafū ni suru), アメリカナイズする (amerikanaizu suru), 米国化する (べいこくかする, beikokuka suru)
- Korean: 미국화하다 (migukhwahada)
- Malay: amerikakan
- Polish: amerykanizować (pl)
- Portuguese: americanizar (pt)
- Russian: американизи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (amerikanizírovatʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Roman: amerikanizirati (sh) impf or pf
- Spanish: americanizar (es)
- Swedish: amerikanisera (sv)
- Vietnamese: Mỹ hóa, Mỹ hoá, Mĩ hoá
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