"infantilize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪn.ˈfæn.tɪ.laɪz/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-infantilize.wav [Southern-England] Forms: infantilizes [present, singular, third-person], infantilizing [participle, present], infantilized [participle, past], infantilized [past]
Etymology: From infantile + -ize (“make into”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|infantile|ize|t2=make into}} infantile + -ize (“make into”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} infantilize (third-person singular simple present infantilizes, present participle infantilizing, simple past and past participle infantilized)
  1. (transitive) To reduce (a person) to the state or status of an infant. Tags: transitive Translations (to reduce to the state of an infant): infantilitzar (Catalan), infantiliseren (Dutch), infantiliser (French), infantilisieren (German), infantilizzare (Italian), infantilizar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-infantilize-en-verb-qCBcmZY6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 76 24 Disambiguation of 'to reduce to the state of an infant': 97 3
  2. (transitive) To treat (a person) like a child. Tags: transitive Translations (to treat like a child): infantilitzar (Catalan), infantiliseren (Dutch), infanigi (Esperanto), infantiliser (French), infantilisieren (German), infantilizzare (Italian), infantilizar (Spanish), förbarnsliga (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-infantilize-en-verb-oZk~teuP Disambiguation of 'to treat like a child': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: infantilise

Verb [Galician]

Head templates: {{head|gl|verb form}} infantilize
  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of infantilizar: Tags: form-of Form of: infantilizar
    Sense id: en-infantilize-gl-verb-iycvywia
  2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of infantilizar: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person
    Sense id: en-infantilize-gl-verb-1zj04Mle Categories (other): Galician entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Galician entries with incorrect language header: 26 48 26
  3. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of infantilizar: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person
    Sense id: en-infantilize-gl-verb-wdqkhhB~

Verb [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} infantilize
  1. inflection of infantilizar: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: infantilizar
    Sense id: en-infantilize-pt-verb-1zj04Mle Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. inflection of infantilizar: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: infantilizar
    Sense id: en-infantilize-pt-verb-wdqkhhB~

Inflected forms

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          "infantilizar#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of infantilizar:\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "infantilize"
}

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