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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈnæt͡ʃəɹəˌlaɪz/, /ˈnæt͡ʃɹəˌlaɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-naturalize.wav Forms: naturalizes [present, singular, third-person], naturalizing [participle, present], naturalized [participle, past], naturalized [past]
Etymology: From Middle French naturaliser. By surface analysis, natural + -ize. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|naturaliser}} Middle French naturaliser, {{surf|en|natural|-ize}} By surface analysis, natural + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} naturalize (third-person singular simple present naturalizes, present participle naturalizing, simple past and past participle naturalized)
  1. (transitive) To grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen. Tags: transitive Translations (to grant citizenship): натурализирам (naturaliziram) (Bulgarian), 归化 (guīhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 入籍 (rùjí) (Chinese Mandarin), myöntää kansalaisuus (Finnish), naturalisoida (Finnish), naturaliser (French), einbürgern (German), नागरिक बनाना (nāgrik banānā) (Hindi), honosít (Hungarian), állampolgárságot ad (Hungarian), eadóirsigh (Irish), éadaoirsigh (Irish), saoránacht a thabhairt do (Irish), whakatangatawhenua (Maori), naturalizar (Portuguese), naturaliza (Romanian), naturalizar (Spanish), naturalisera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-naturalize-en-verb-qn1OFP51 Disambiguation of 'to grant citizenship': 93 1 0 2 4 0
  2. (transitive) To acclimatize an animal or plant. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-naturalize-en-verb-~ZV-yEPc
  3. To make natural. Translations (to make to natural): luonnollistaa (Finnish), természetessé tesz (Hungarian), magától értetődővé tesz (Hungarian), naturalizar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-naturalize-en-verb-annxUtba Disambiguation of 'to make to natural': 2 0 55 2 41 0
  4. (transitive) To limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones and exclude supernatural ones. Tags: transitive Translations (to limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones): selittää luonnollisella tavalla (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-naturalize-en-verb-KfMeG9YC Disambiguation of 'to limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones': 1 1 1 89 9 0
  5. (linguistics, transitive) To make (a word) a natural part of the language, using the native homologue of each phoneme (and often for each morpheme) of the imported word (e.g., native inflections). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: paronymize Translations (linguistics: to make a natural part of a language): заимствам (zaimstvam) (Bulgarian), naturalisoida (Finnish), meghonosít (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-naturalize-en-verb-en:linguistics Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 8 4 23 55 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 12 15 8 20 37 8 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 12 13 7 19 43 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 10 8 22 42 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 7 5 32 43 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 6 4 29 51 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 8 4 19 53 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 8 5 16 55 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 12 8 18 46 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 10 5 18 54 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 7 7 4 16 62 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 6 7 14 51 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 12 8 5 16 55 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 9 7 8 14 51 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 12 8 5 16 55 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 10 12 4 15 55 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 12 8 5 16 55 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 9 6 17 56 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 11 8 5 16 55 5 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'linguistics: to make a natural part of a language': 1 0 23 3 73 0
  6. (transitive, intransitive) To study nature. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-naturalize-en-verb-Igy7cACu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: naturalise Derived forms: naturalized [adjective], naturalization Related terms: approximation [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], hyperforeignism [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], loanword [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], unadapted borrowing [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1964, Japanese National Commission for UNESCO, “History”, in Japan: Its Land, People and Culture, Revised edition, Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, →OCLC, page 20, column 2:",
          "text": "Pakche was destroyed and five years later, Kokuryo was also swept away by T’ang and Silla. T’ang set up An-tontu-hu-fu (Government headquarters) at P’ing jang to rule the former territories of Pakche and Kokuryo. Many refugees from these destroyed states came to Japan and became naturalized as Japanese.",
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        "(transitive) To acclimatize an animal or plant."
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        "(transitive) To limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones and exclude supernatural ones."
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          "roman": "zaimstvam",
          "sense": "linguistics: to make a natural part of a language",
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          "sense": "linguistics: to make a natural part of a language",
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        {
          "ref": "1854, Somerton, The heiress of Somerton, page 226:",
          "text": "Well, any way, Doctor, we will make an appointment for a whole day here next spring ; we will botanize, herbarize and naturalize to our hearts' content, from morn till night.\"",
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        "To study nature."
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        "(transitive, intransitive) To study nature."
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          "ref": "1964, Japanese National Commission for UNESCO, “History”, in Japan: Its Land, People and Culture, Revised edition, Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance, →OCLC, page 20, column 2:",
          "text": "Pakche was destroyed and five years later, Kokuryo was also swept away by T’ang and Silla. T’ang set up An-tontu-hu-fu (Government headquarters) at P’ing jang to rule the former territories of Pakche and Kokuryo. Many refugees from these destroyed states came to Japan and became naturalized as Japanese.",
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          "ref": "1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 8, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:",
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        "(transitive) To acclimatize an animal or plant."
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        "To make natural."
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        "To limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones and exclude supernatural ones."
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        "(transitive) To limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones and exclude supernatural ones."
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          "text": "English speakers have naturalized the French word \"café\".",
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          "text": "English orthography often (but not invariably) drops the diacritics from words that it has naturalized from other languages.",
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          "text": "Well, any way, Doctor, we will make an appointment for a whole day here next spring ; we will botanize, herbarize and naturalize to our hearts' content, from morn till night.\"",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "naturaliziram",
      "sense": "to grant citizenship",
      "word": "натурализирам"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guīhuà",
      "sense": "to grant citizenship",
      "word": "归化"
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      "roman": "rùjí",
      "sense": "to grant citizenship",
      "word": "入籍"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to grant citizenship",
      "word": "myöntää kansalaisuus"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to grant citizenship",
      "word": "naturalisoida"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to grant citizenship",
      "word": "naturaliser"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to grant citizenship",
      "word": "einbürgern"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "nāgrik banānā",
      "sense": "to grant citizenship",
      "word": "नागरिक बनाना"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to grant citizenship",
      "word": "honosít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to grant citizenship",
      "word": "állampolgárságot ad"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to grant citizenship",
      "word": "eadóirsigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to grant citizenship",
      "word": "éadaoirsigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to grant citizenship",
      "word": "saoránacht a thabhairt do"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to grant citizenship",
      "word": "whakatangatawhenua"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to grant citizenship",
      "word": "naturalizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to grant citizenship",
      "word": "naturaliza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to grant citizenship",
      "word": "naturalizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to grant citizenship",
      "word": "naturalisera"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make to natural",
      "word": "luonnollistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make to natural",
      "word": "természetessé tesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make to natural",
      "word": "magától értetődővé tesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make to natural",
      "word": "naturalizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones",
      "word": "selittää luonnollisella tavalla"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaimstvam",
      "sense": "linguistics: to make a natural part of a language",
      "word": "заимствам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "linguistics: to make a natural part of a language",
      "word": "naturalisoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "linguistics: to make a natural part of a language",
      "word": "meghonosít"
    }
  ],
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}

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