"-erize" meaning in English

See -erize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: -erizes [present, singular, third-person], -erizing [participle, present], -erized [participle, past], -erized [past]
Etymology: From Chinese ér(huà) + -ize. Etymology templates: {{der|en|zh|-}} Chinese, {{suffix|en||ize}} + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} -erize (verb-forming suffix, third-person singular simple present -erizes, present participle -erizing, simple past and past participle -erized)
  1. (linguistics) To add r-coloring; to take on an r-colored vowel; to exhibit or undergo erhua. Categories (topical): Linguistics Related terms: erhua, erization, -erization

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for -erize meaning in English (1.8kB)

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