decentralize

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• Received-Pronunciation: /diːˈsɛntɹəlaɪz/
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• Canada, General-American: /diˈsɛntɹəˌlaɪz/
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• Australian: /diːˈsentɹəlɑez/
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• New-Zealand: /diːˈsentɹəlaɪz/
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• New-Zealand: [diːˈsentɹəlɑe̯z]
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S EH1 N T R AH0 L AY2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)der. Latin centrum Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin centrālisbor. English central Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English centralize English decentralize From de- + centralize.

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: mərkəzsizləşdirmək — cause to change from being concentrated
• Catalan: descentralitzar — cause to change from being concentrated
• Czech: decentralizovat — cause to change from being concentrated
• Dutch: decentraliseren — cause to change from being concentrated
• Finnish: hajasijoittaa — cause to change from being concentrated
• Finnish: hajauttaa — cause to change from being concentrated
• French: décentraliser — cause to change from being concentrated
• Galician: descentralizar — cause to change from being concentrated
• German: dezentralisieren — cause to change from being concentrated
• German: entflechten — cause to change from being concentrated
• German: verteilen — cause to change from being concentrated
• German: zerstreuen — cause to change from being concentrated
• Italian: decentralizzare — cause to change from being concentrated
• Macedonian: децентрализира (decentralizira) — cause to change from being concentrated
• Occitan: descentralizar — cause to change from being concentrated
• Portuguese: descentralizar — cause to change from being concentrated
• Russian: децентрализовать (decentralizovatʹ) — cause to change from being concentrated
• Northern Sami: desentraliseret — cause to change from being concentrated
• Spanish: descentralizar — cause to change from being concentrated
• Swedish: decentralisera — cause to change from being concentrated
• Azerbaijani: mərkəzsizləşdirmək — reduce the authority of a governing body
• Catalan: descentralitzar — reduce the authority of a governing body
• Czech: decentralizovat — reduce the authority of a governing body
• Dutch: decentraliseren — reduce the authority of a governing body
• Finnish: hajasijoittaa — reduce the authority of a governing body
• Finnish: hajauttaa — reduce the authority of a governing body
• French: décentraliser — reduce the authority of a governing body
• Galician: descentralizar — reduce the authority of a governing body
• German: dezentralisieren — reduce the authority of a governing body
• Italian: decentralizzare — reduce the authority of a governing body
• Macedonian: децентрализира (decentralizira) — reduce the authority of a governing body
• Occitan: descentralizar — reduce the authority of a governing body
• Portuguese: descentralizar — reduce the authority of a governing body
• Russian: децентрализовать (decentralizovatʹ) — reduce the authority of a governing body
• Northern Sami: desentraliseret — reduce the authority of a governing body
• Spanish: descentralizar — reduce the authority of a governing body
• Swedish: decentralisera — reduce the authority of a governing body