liberalize

English

Alternative forms

• liberalise

Etymology

From liberal +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪbəɹəlaɪz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

liberalize (third-person singular simple present liberalizes, present participle liberalizing, simple past and past participle liberalized)

1. (transitive) to make liberal, free.
2. (intransitive) to become liberal, free.

Translations

to make liberal

• Armenian: ազատականացնել (hy) (azatakanacʻnel)
• Belarusian: лібералізава́ць impf or pf (libjeralizavácʹ)
• Catalan: liberalitzar (ca)
• Dutch: liberaliseren (nl)
• Finnish: vapauttaa (fi)
• French: libéraliser (fr)
• German: liberalisieren (de)
• Italian: liberalizzare (it)
• Piedmontese: liberalisé
• Polish: liberalizować
• Russian: освобожда́ть (ru) impf (osvoboždátʹ), освободи́ть (ru) pf (osvobodítʹ), либерализова́ть (ru) (liberalizovátʹ)
• Ukrainian: лібералізува́ти impf or pf (liberalizuváty)

to become liberal

• Armenian: ազատականանալ (azatakananal)
• Finnish: vapautua (fi)
• French: se libéraliser
• Russian: де́латься либера́льным impf (délatʹsja liberálʹnym)