infantilize

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• General-American: /ɪnˈfæn.tɪ.laɪz/
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Etymology tree English infantile 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 infantilize From infantile + -ize (“make into”).

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: infantilitzar — to reduce to the state of an infant
• Dutch: infantiliseren — to reduce to the state of an infant
• Finnish: infantilisoida — to reduce to the state of an infant
• French: infantiliser — to reduce to the state of an infant
• German: infantilisieren — to reduce to the state of an infant
• Italian: infantilizzare — to reduce to the state of an infant
• Portuguese: infantilizar — to reduce to the state of an infant
• Spanish: infantilizar — to reduce to the state of an infant
• Catalan: infantilitzar — to treat like a child
• Dutch: infantiliseren — to treat like a child
• Esperanto: infanigi — to treat like a child
• Finnish: kohdella kuin lasta — to treat like a child
• French: infantiliser — to treat like a child
• German: infantilisieren — to treat like a child
• Italian: infantilizzare — to treat like a child
• Polish: infantylizować — to treat like a child
• Polish: zinfantylizować — to treat like a child
• Portuguese: infantilizar — to treat like a child
• Spanish: infantilizar — to treat like a child
• Swedish: förbarnsliga — to treat like a child