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Europeanize

verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To make something, or someone, more European.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of Europeanize.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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3

verb

Meaning 3

make (continental) European in customs, character, or ideas

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Europeanise

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change, alter, modify

4

verb

Meaning 4

denationalize and subject (a territory) to the supervision of an agency of a European community of nations

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Europeanise

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change, alter, modify

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Classical Latin Eurōpaeus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Classical Latin -ānus New Latin Eurōpaeānusbor. French européenbor. English European 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 Europeanize From European + -ize.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: europartu — to make something, or someone, more European
  • Belarusian: еўрапеізава́ць (jewrapjeizavácʹ) — to make something, or someone, more European
  • Bulgarian: европеизирам (evropeiziram) — to make something, or someone, more European
  • Catalan: europeitzar — to make something, or someone, more European
  • Chinese Mandarin: 歐洲化 /欧洲化 (Ōuzhōuhuà) — to make something, or someone, more European
  • Chinese Mandarin: 歐化 /欧化 (Ōuhuà) — to make something, or someone, more European
  • Esperanto: eŭropigi — to make something, or someone, more European
  • Estonian: euroopastama — to make something, or someone, more European
  • Finnish: eurooppalaistaa — to make something, or someone, more European
  • French: européaniser — to make something, or someone, more European
  • Galician: europeizar — to make something, or someone, more European
  • German: europäisieren — to make something, or someone, more European
  • Italian: europeizzare — to make something, or someone, more European
  • Macedonian: европеизира (evropeizira) — to make something, or someone, more European
  • Mongolian: европчлох (jevropčlox) — to make something, or someone, more European
  • Mongolian: ᠧᠦᠷᠣᠫᠡᠴᠢᠯᠠᠬᠤ (ēüropečilaqu) — to make something, or someone, more European
  • Polish: europeizować — to make something, or someone, more European
  • Portuguese: europeizar — to make something, or someone, more European
  • Russian: европеизова́ть (jevropeizovátʹ) — to make something, or someone, more European
  • Slovak: europeizovať — to make something, or someone, more European
  • Spanish: europeizar — to make something, or someone, more European
  • Swedish: europeisera — to make something, or someone, more European
  • Turkish: Avrupalılaşmak — to make something, or someone, more European
  • Ukrainian: європеїзува́ти (jevropejizuváty) — to make something, or someone, more European
  • Vietnamese: Âu hóa — to make something, or someone, more European
  • Vietnamese: châu Âu hóa — to make something, or someone, more European
  • Vietnamese: Âu châu hóa — to make something, or someone, more European