Latinize

See also: latinize

English

Alternative forms

• Latinise (non-Oxford British spelling)
• latinize (now nonstandard)

Etymology

From Latin latīnizō. By surface analysis, Latin +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlæt.ɪn.aɪz/, /ˈlæt.ən.aɪz/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlæt.ɪ.naɪz/, /ˈlæt.ə.naɪz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

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

2. To translate something into the Latin language; or make a word similar in appearance or form to a Latin word.

   Guglielmus is a Latinized form of William.

4. To transliterate something into the characters of the Latin script; to Romanize

   The Cyrillic letter Л can be Latinized as L.

6. To render or become Roman Catholic in form or style or to diffuse Roman Catholic ideas in something.

   to Latinize the Church of England

Derived terms

• Latinizer
• re-Latinize

Related terms

• Latinisation
• Latinization

Translations

to translate to Latin language

• Catalan: llatinitzar (ca)
• Finnish: latinantaa (fi) (to translate); latinalaistaa (to make a word similar in appearance or form to a Latin word)
• German: latinisieren (de)
• Polish: latynizować (pl) impf, zlatynizować pf
• Portuguese: latinizar (pt)
• Spanish: latinizar (es)
• Swedish: latinisera (sv)
• Vietnamese: Latinh hóa, Latinh hoá

to transliterate to Latin script — see romanize