Italianize

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈtæljəˌnaɪz/

Verb

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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: italianizar
• 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: italianizzarsi
• Portuguese: italianizar-se
• Russian: итальянизи́роваться impf or pf (italʹjanizírovatʹsja)
• Spanish: italianizarse (es)