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)

(transitive) To give something Italian characteristics
(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)