Italianize

English

Etymology

From Italian (“of or pertaining to Italy”) +‎ -ize (“to make”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˈtæljəˌnaɪz/

Verb

Italianize (third-person singular simple present Italianizes, present participle Italianizing, simple past and past participle Italianized)

1. (transitive) To give something Italian characteristics
2. (intransitive) To adopt an Italian way of life, or Italian manners

Related terms

• Italianization

Translations

transitive

• Catalan: italianitzar (ca)
• Danish: italianisere
• Esperanto: italigi
• Finnish: italialaistaa
• French: italianiser (fr)
• German: italianisieren, italienisieren
• Italian: italianizzare (it)
• Occitan: italianizar
• Polish: italizować
• Portuguese: italianizar (pt)
• Romanian: italieniza
• Russian: итальянизи́ровать impf or pf (italʹjanizírovatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: талијанизи́рати

  Latin: talijanizírati (sh)

• Sicilian: talianizzari
• Spanish: italianizar (es)

intransitive

• Catalan: italianitzar-se (ca)
• Danish: italianiseres
• Finnish: italialaistua
• French: s’italianiser
• Italian: italianizzarsi
• Portuguese: italianizar-se
• Russian: итальянизи́роваться impf or pf (italʹjanizírovatʹsja)
• Spanish: italianizarse (es)