"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”), {{m|grc|Ἕλλην||Greek}} Ἕλλην (Héllēn, “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: 66 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'to become Hellenistic': 85 15 Disambiguation of 'to make Hellenistic': 80 20
  2. (transitive) To make or become Greek in character, language, culture, or civilization. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-Hellenize-en-verb-nJR-TDmj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 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

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