"Romanize" meaning in English

See Romanize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: Romanizes [present, singular, third-person], Romanizing [participle, present], Romanized [participle, past], Romanized [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} Romanize (third-person singular simple present Romanizes, present participle Romanizing, simple past and past participle Romanized)
  1. Alternative form of romanize. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: romanize
    Sense id: en-Romanize-en-verb-mfGxTCxL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: Romanizes [present, singular, third-person], Romanizing [participle, present], Romanized [participle, past], Romanized [past]
Etymology: From Roman(ian) + -ize. Etymology templates: {{af|en|Romanian|-ize|alt1=Roman(ian)}} Roman(ian) + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} Romanize (third-person singular simple present Romanizes, present participle Romanizing, simple past and past participle Romanized)
  1. (transitive) To Romanianize. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-Romanize-en-verb-XLDB2qKn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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