verb
Meaning 1
To Nipponize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
Japanize
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verb
Meaning 2
Alternative letter-case form of Japanize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Hokkien 日本 /Ji̍t-púnbor. Malay Jepangbor. Portuguese Japãobor. ▲ Malay Jepangbor. Dutch Japanbor. English Japan 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 Japanize From Japan + -ize.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: японизи́рам (japonizíram) — to Nipponize
- Chinese Mandarin: 日本化 (Rìběnhuà) — to Nipponize
- Chinese Mandarin: 皇民化 (huángmínhuà) — to Nipponize
- French: japoniser — to Nipponize
- German: japanisieren — to Nipponize
- Italian: giapponizzare — to Nipponize
- Portuguese: japonizar — to Nipponize
- Vietnamese: Nhật hóa — to Nipponize
- Vietnamese: Nhật Bản hóa — to Nipponize
- Volapük: Yapänön — to Nipponize