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naturalization

noun · 7 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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1

noun

Meaning 1

The action of naturalizing somebody; act of granting citizenship.

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

The admission or adoption of foreign words or customs into general use.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The introduction and establishment of an animal or plant into a place where it is not indigenous.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the naturalization in English of many Italian words

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: naturalisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: borrowing, adoption

5

noun

Meaning 5

the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: naturalisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: introduction, debut, first appearance, launching, unveiling, entry

6

noun

Meaning 6

the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: naturalisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings

7

noun

Meaning 7

the quality of being brought into conformity with nature

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: naturalisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: naturalness

History

Etymology

From Middle French naturalisation.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: натураліза́цыя (naturalizácyja) — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • Bulgarian: натурализиране (naturalizirane) — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • Chinese Mandarin: 入籍 (rùjí) — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • Danish: naturalisering — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • Dutch: inburgering — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • Finnish: kansalaisuuden myöntäminen — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • French: naturalisation — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • Georgian: ნატურალიზაცია (naṭuralizacia) — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • Georgian: მოქალაქეობის მინიჭება (mokalakeobis minič̣eba) — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • Georgian: მოქალაქეობის მიღება (mokalakeobis miɣeba) — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • German: Einbürgerung — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • Greek: πολιτογράφηση (politográfisi) — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • Hungarian: honosítás — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • Hungarian: állampolgárság megszerzése/megadása — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • Irish: eadóirseacht — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • Italian: naturalizzazione — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • Japanese: 帰化 (kika) — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • Kazakh: қоластына алу (qolastyna alu) — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • Māori: whakatangatawhenuatanga — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • Polish: naturalizacja — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • Russian: натурализа́ция (naturalizácija) — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • Spanish: naturalización — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • Swedish: naturalisation — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • Swedish: naturalisering — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • Turkmen: naturalizasiýa — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • Turkmen: naturalizleşdirme — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • Ukrainian: натураліза́ція (naturalizácija) — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • Vietnamese: nhập tịch — act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship
  • Greek: πολιτογράφηση (politográfisi) — admission or adoption of foreign words or customs into general use
  • Hungarian: meghonosítás — admission or adoption of foreign words or customs into general use
  • Hungarian: meghonosodás — admission or adoption of foreign words or customs into general use
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