modernize

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɒdənaɪz/
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• US: /ˈmɑdɚnaɪz/
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• CMU ARPABET: M AA1 D ER0 N AY2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From modern + -ize or French moderniser.

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: modernizoj — bring something up to date
• Belarusian: мадэрнізава́ць (madernizavácʹ) — bring something up to date
• Belarusian: асуча́сніваць (asučásnivacʹ) — bring something up to date
• Belarusian: асуча́сніць (asučásnicʹ) — bring something up to date
• Bulgarian: модернизирам (moderniziram) — bring something up to date
• Bulgarian: осъвременявам (osǎvremenjavam) — bring something up to date
• Catalan: modernitzar — bring something up to date
• Chinese Mandarin: 現代化 /现代化 (xiàndàihuà) — bring something up to date
• Chinese Mandarin: 近代化 (jìndàihuà) — bring something up to date
• Czech: modernizovat — bring something up to date
• Dutch: moderniseren — bring something up to date
• Esperanto: modernigi — bring something up to date
• Finnish: uudenaikaistaa — bring something up to date
• Finnish: nykyaikaistaa — bring something up to date
• Finnish: modernisoida — bring something up to date
• Finnish: uudistaa — bring something up to date
• French: moderniser — bring something up to date
• Galician: modernizar — bring something up to date
• German: modernisieren — bring something up to date
• Greek: εκμοντερνίζω (ekmonternízo) — bring something up to date
• Greek: μοντερνίζω (monternízo) — bring something up to date
• Hindi: आधुनिकीकृत (ādhunikīkŕt) — bring something up to date
• Hungarian: modernizál — bring something up to date
• Hungarian: korszerűsít — bring something up to date
• Icelandic: nútímavæða — bring something up to date
• Indonesian: memutakhirkan — bring something up to date
• Indonesian: memodernkan — bring something up to date
• Italian: modernizzare — bring something up to date
• Japanese: 近代化する (kindaika suru) — bring something up to date
• Japanese: 現代化する (kendaika suru) — bring something up to date
• Kazakh: жаңарту (jañartu) — bring something up to date
• Kazakh: жаңғырту (jañğyrtu) — bring something up to date
• Kazakh: жетілдіру (jetıldıru) — bring something up to date
• Macedonian: осовременува (osovremenuva) — bring something up to date
• Macedonian: модернизи́ра (modernizíra) — bring something up to date
• Malayalam: ആധുനികീകരിക്കുക (ādhunikīkarikkuka) — bring something up to date
• Polish: modernizować — bring something up to date
• Polish: zmodernizować — bring something up to date
• Polish: unowocześniać — bring something up to date
• Polish: unowocześnić — bring something up to date
• Portuguese: modernizar — bring something up to date
• Russian: модернизи́ровать (modɛrnizírovatʹ) — bring something up to date
• Russian: осовреме́нивать (osovreménivatʹ) — bring something up to date
• Russian: осовреме́нить (osovreménitʹ) — bring something up to date
• Slovene: posodobiti — bring something up to date
• Slovene: modernizirati — bring something up to date
• Spanish: modernizar — bring something up to date
• Swedish: modernisera — bring something up to date
• Ukrainian: модернізува́ти (modernizuváty) — bring something up to date
• Ukrainian: осуча́снювати (osučásnjuvaty) — bring something up to date
• Ukrainian: осуча́снити (osučásnyty) — bring something up to date
• Zhuang: yendaiva — bring something up to date
• Albanian: modernizoj — become modern
• Belarusian: мадэрнізава́цца (madernizavácca) — become modern
• Belarusian: асуча́снівацца (asučásnivacca) — become modern
• Belarusian: асуча́сніцца (asučásnicca) — become modern
• Bulgarian: модернизирам се (moderniziram se) — become modern
• Chinese Mandarin: 現代化 /现代化 (xiàndàihuà) — become modern
• Esperanto: moderniĝi — become modern
• Finnish: uudistua — become modern
• Finnish: nykyaikaistua — become modern
• Finnish: modernisoitua — become modern
• Galician: modernizarse — become modern
• Hindi: आधुनिकीकृत (ādhunikīkŕt) — become modern
• Macedonian: се осовременува (se osovremenuva) — become modern
• Macedonian: се модернизи́ра (se modernizíra) — become modern
• Polish: modernizować się — become modern
• Polish: zmodernizować się — become modern
• Polish: unowocześniać się — become modern
• Polish: unowocześnić się — become modern
• Portuguese: modernizar-se — become modern
• Russian: модернизи́роваться (modɛrnizírovatʹsja) — become modern
• Russian: осовреме́ниваться (osovreménivatʹsja) — become modern
• Russian: осовреме́ниться (osovreménitʹsja) — become modern
• Spanish: modernizarse — become modern
• Ukrainian: модернізува́тися (modernizuvátysja) — become modern
• Ukrainian: осуча́снюватися (osučásnjuvatysja) — become modern
• Ukrainian: осуча́снитися (osučásnytysja) — become modern