verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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CMU ARPABET 2:IH2 N ER0 N AE1 SH AH0 N AH0 L AY2 Z
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 3:IH2 N ER0 N AE1 SH N AH0 L AY2 Z
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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verb
Meaning 1
To make something international; to involve multiple nations in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Etymology tree English international 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 internationalize From international + -ize.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
دَوَّلَ
(dawwala)
— to make something international
Catalan:
internacionalitzar
— to make something international
Chinese Cantonese:
國際化 /国际化
(gwok3 zai3 faa3)
— to make something international
Chinese Mandarin:
國際化 /国际化
(guójìhuà)
— to make something international
Min Nan Chinese:
國際化 /国际化
(kok-chè-hòa)
— to make something international
Finnish:
kansainvälistää
— to make something international
French:
internationaliser
— to make something international
Georgian:
ინტერნაციონალიზება
(inṭernacionalizeba)
— to make something international
Georgian:
გაინტერანციონალურება
(gainṭerancionalureba)
— to make something international
Georgian:
ინტერნაციონალიზაციის მოხდენა
(inṭernacionalizaciis moxdena)
— to make something international
German:
internationalisieren
— to make something international
Greek:
διεθνοποιώ
(diethnopoió)
— to make something international
Ido:
internacionigar
— to make something international
Japanese:
国際化
(kokusaika)
— to make something international
Kazakh:
халықаралық деңгейге көтеру
(xalyqaralyq deñgeige köteru)
— to make something international
Kazakh:
интернационалдандыру
(internasionaldandyru)
— to make something international
Kazakh:
халықаралықтандыру
(xalyqaralyqtandyru)
— to make something international
Pannonian Rusyn:
интернационализовац
(internacionalizovac)
— to make something international
Polish:
umiędzynarodowić
— to make something international
Portuguese:
internacionalizar
— to make something international
Spanish:
internacionalizar
— to make something international
Swedish:
internationalisera
— to make something international
Vietnamese:
quốc tế hoá
— to make something international
