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Latinization

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌlæt.ɪ.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The act or process of Latinizing, of making Latin; including translating into Latin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of Latinization.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, countable, nonstandard, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latinize + -ation.

Etymology tree English latinize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English latinization From latinize + -ation.

Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: latinizim — act or process of Latinizing
  • Arabic: لَاتِينِيَّة (lātīniyya) — act or process of Latinizing
  • Armenian: լատինականացում (latinakanacʻum) — act or process of Latinizing
  • Azerbaijani: latınlaşma — act or process of Latinizing
  • Belarusian: латыніза́цыя (latynizácyja) — act or process of Latinizing
  • Belarusian: лацініза́цыя (lacinizácyja) — act or process of Latinizing
  • Bulgarian: латиниза́ция (latinizácija) — act or process of Latinizing
  • Catalan: llatinització — act or process of Latinizing
  • Chinese Cantonese: 拉丁化 (laai1 ding1 faa3) — act or process of Latinizing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拉丁化 (lādīnghuà) — act or process of Latinizing
  • Czech: latinizace — act or process of Latinizing
  • Czech: polatinštění — act or process of Latinizing
  • Danish: latinisering — act or process of Latinizing
  • Dutch: latinisering — act or process of Latinizing
  • Dutch: latinisatie — act or process of Latinizing
  • Dutch: verlatijnsing — act or process of Latinizing
  • Estonian: latiniseerimine — act or process of Latinizing
  • Estonian: latinisatsioon — act or process of Latinizing
  • Finnish: latinalaistaminen — act or process of Latinizing
  • French: latinisation — act or process of Latinizing
  • Georgian: ლათინიზაცია (latinizacia) — act or process of Latinizing
  • French: Th — act or process of Latinizing
  • German: Latinisierung — act or process of Latinizing
  • Irish: Laidiniú — act or process of Latinizing
  • Italian: latinizzazione — act or process of Latinizing
  • Japanese: ラテン化 (ratenka) — act or process of Latinizing
  • Kazakh: латындандыру (latyndandyru) — act or process of Latinizing
  • Khmer: ឡាតាំងយានកម្ម (laatangyiənnĕəʼkam) — act or process of Latinizing
  • Korean: 라틴화 (ratinhwa) — act or process of Latinizing
  • Kyrgyz: латинизация (latinizatsiya) — act or process of Latinizing
  • Latvian: latinizācija — act or process of Latinizing
  • Lithuanian: lotynizacija — act or process of Latinizing
  • Macedonian: латинизација (latinizacija) — act or process of Latinizing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: latinisering — act or process of Latinizing
  • Persian: لاتیننویسی (lâtin-nevisi) — act or process of Latinizing
  • Polish: latynizacja — act or process of Latinizing
  • Portuguese: latinização — act or process of Latinizing
  • Romanian: latinizare — act or process of Latinizing
  • Russian: латиниза́ция (latinizácija) — act or process of Latinizing
  • Serbo-Croatian: латиниза́ција — act or process of Latinizing
  • Serbo-Croatian: latinizácija — act or process of Latinizing
  • Slovak: latinizácia — act or process of Latinizing
  • Slovak: polatinčenie — act or process of Latinizing
  • Slovak: polatinčovanie — act or process of Latinizing
  • Slovene: latinizacija — act or process of Latinizing
  • Spanish: latinización — act or process of Latinizing
  • Swedish: latinisering — act or process of Latinizing
  • Tajik: лотинизатсия (lotinizatsiya) — act or process of Latinizing
  • Turkish: latinizasyon — act or process of Latinizing
  • Ukrainian: латиніза́ція (latynizácija) — act or process of Latinizing
  • Uzbek: latinlashtirish — act or process of Latinizing
  • Vietnamese: Latinh hóa — act or process of Latinizing