italianizzazione

Italian

Etymology

From italianizza(re) (“to italianize”) +‎ -zione (“-tion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ta.lja.nid.d͡zatˈt͡sjo.ne/
• Rhymes: -one
• Hyphenation: i‧ta‧lia‧niz‧za‧zió‧ne

Noun

italianizzazione f (plural italianizzazioni)

1. Italianization, specifically:
2. the conversion of a non-Italian culture to an Italian one
3. (linguistics) the process of adapting lexical elements from a foreign language to the Italian linguistic system
4. (historical) a process of forced assimilation into the Italian culture

Further reading

• italianizzazione in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana