verb
Meaning 1
To give something Italian characteristics
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Italianize
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈtæljəˌnaɪz/
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verb
Meaning 2
To adopt an Italian way of life, or Italian manners
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English Italian 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 Italianize From Italian (“of or pertaining to Italy”) + -ize (“to make”).
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: italianitzar — transitive
- Danish: italianisere — transitive
- Esperanto: italigi — transitive
- Finnish: italialaistaa — transitive
- French: italianiser — transitive
- German: italianisieren — transitive
- German: italienisieren — transitive
- Italian: italianizzare — transitive
- Occitan: italianizar — transitive
- Polish: italizować — transitive
- Portuguese: italianizar — transitive
- Romanian: italieniza — transitive
- Russian: итальянизи́ровать (italʹjanizírovatʹ) — transitive
- Serbo-Croatian: талијанизи́рати — transitive
- Serbo-Croatian: talijanizírati — transitive
- Sicilian: talianizzari — transitive
- Spanish: italianizar — transitive
- Catalan: italianitzar-se — intransitive
- Danish: italianiseres — intransitive
- Finnish: italialaistua — intransitive
- French: s'italianiser — intransitive
- Italian: italianizzarsi — intransitive
- Portuguese: italianizar-se — intransitive
- Russian: итальянизи́роваться (italʹjanizírovatʹsja) — intransitive
- Spanish: italianizarse — intransitive