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/

Verb

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

1. (transitive) 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.

2. (transitive) To transliterate something into the characters of the Latin script; to Romanize

   The Cyrillic letter Л can be Latinized as L.

3. (transitive) To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in.

   to Latinize the Church of England

Derived terms

• re-Latinize

Related terms

• Latinization, Latinisation

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)
• Portuguese: latinizar (pt)
• Spanish: latinizar (es)
• Swedish: latinisera (sv)
• Vietnamese: Latinh hóa, Latinh hoá

to transliterate to Latin script — see romanize