"Hellenize" meaning in All languages combined

See Hellenize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: Hellenizes [present, singular, third-person], Hellenizing [participle, present], Hellenized [participle, past], Hellenized [past]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἑλληνίζω (Hellēnízō, “to speak Greek, to make Greek, to become Greek”), from Ἕλλην (Héllēn, “Greek”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|Ἑλληνίζω||to speak Greek, to make Greek, to become Greek}} Ancient Greek Ἑλληνίζω (Hellēnízō, “to speak Greek, to make Greek, to become Greek”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} Hellenize (third-person singular simple present Hellenizes, present participle Hellenizing, simple past and past participle Hellenized)
  1. (intransitive) To use the language and culture of the ancient Greeks, to become Hellenistic. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Ancient Greece Translations (to become Hellenistic): hel·lenitzar (Catalan), hellenisoitua (Finnish), kreikkalaistua (Finnish), helenizar-se (Portuguese), helenizarse (Spanish), Helenize olmak (Turkish), Yunanlaşmak (Turkish), Hy Lạp hóa (Vietnamese), Hi Lạp hóa (alt: 希臘化) (Vietnamese) Translations (to make Hellenistic): Ἑλληνίζω (Hellēnízō) (Ancient Greek), hel·lenitzar (Catalan), helenizovat (Czech), hellenisoida (Finnish), kreikkalaistaa (Finnish), helléniser (French), ελληνίζω (ellinízo) (Greek), ellenizzare (Italian), grecizzare (Italian), helenizar (Portuguese), helenizar (Spanish), Helenize etmek (Turkish), Yunanlaştırmak (Turkish), Hy Lạp hóa (Vietnamese), Hi Lạp hóa (alt: 希臘化) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Hellenize-en-verb-izrAvGWQ Disambiguation of Ancient Greece: 90 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of 'to become Hellenistic': 84 16 Disambiguation of 'to make Hellenistic': 89 11
  2. (transitive) To render or become Greek in character, language, culture, or civilization. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-Hellenize-en-verb-fNhrES7z Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Greekify, Hellenise (english: non-Oxford British English) Derived forms: Hellenisation, Hellenization, Helleniser, Hellenizer, dehellenise, dehellenize Related terms: Helladic, Hellas, Hellen, Hellene, Hellenic, Hellenism, Hellenist, Hellenistic, Hellenistical, medize

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to make Hellenistic",
      "word": "Helenize etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to make Hellenistic",
      "word": "Yunanlaştırmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to make Hellenistic",
      "word": "Hy Lạp hóa"
    },
    {
      "alt": "希臘化",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to make Hellenistic",
      "word": "Hi Lạp hóa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Hellenize"
}

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