"Latinize" meaning in English

See Latinize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈlæt.ɪn.aɪz/ [US], /ˈlæt.ən.aɪz/ [US], /ˈlæt.ɪ.naɪz/ [UK], /ˈlæt.ə.naɪz/ [UK] Forms: Latinizes [present, singular, third-person], Latinizing [participle, present], Latinized [participle, past], Latinized [past], Latinise [alternative], latinize [alternative]
Etymology: From Latin latīnizō. By surface analysis, Latin + -ize. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|latīnizō}} Latin latīnizō, {{surf|en|Latin|-ize}} By surface analysis, Latin + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} Latinize (third-person singular simple present Latinizes, present participle Latinizing, simple past and past participle Latinized)
  1. (transitive) To translate something into the Latin language; or make a word similar in appearance or form to a Latin word. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Latin Translations (to translate to Latin language): llatinitzar (Catalan), latinantaa (english: to translate) (Finnish), latinalaistaa (note: to make a word similar in appearance or form to a Latin word) (Finnish), latinisieren (German), latynizować (Polish), latinizar (Portuguese), latinizar (Spanish), latinisera (Swedish), Latinh hóa (Vietnamese), Latinh hoá (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Latinize-en-verb-ngM-HMPA Disambiguation of Latin: 45 35 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Translation Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 28 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 31 31 38 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 32 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 34 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 34 35 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 38 28 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 40 29 32 Disambiguation of Translation: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of 'to translate to Latin language': 69 18 13
  2. (transitive) To transliterate something into the characters of the Latin script; to Romanize Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Alphabets Derived forms: re-Latinize Related terms: Latinisation, Latinization
    Sense id: en-Latinize-en-verb-w95-kzkJ Disambiguation of Alphabets: 30 48 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 28 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 31 31 38 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 32 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 34 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 34 35 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 38 28 34
  3. (transitive) To render or become Roman Catholic in form or style or to diffuse Roman Catholic ideas in something. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Catholicism
    Sense id: en-Latinize-en-verb-jqYb0Kmj Disambiguation of Catholicism: 14 14 72 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 28 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 31 31 38 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 32 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 34 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 34 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 27 30 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 31 41 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 38 28 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 28 30 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 24 26 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 28 30 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 24 27 49

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to translate to Latin language",
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      "word": "latinalaistaa"
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      "sense": "to translate to Latin language",
      "word": "latinisieren"
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      "sense": "to translate to Latin language",
      "word": "latynizować"
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      "sense": "to translate to Latin language",
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      "sense": "to translate to Latin language",
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      "sense": "to translate to Latin language",
      "word": "latinisera"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to translate to Latin language",
      "word": "Latinh hóa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to translate to Latin language",
      "word": "Latinh hoá"
    }
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-04-03 using wiktextract (87ad358 and ea19a0a). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.