"barbarize" meaning in English

See barbarize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəɹaɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-barbarize.wav Forms: barbarizes [present, singular, third-person], barbarizing [participle, present], barbarized [participle, past], barbarized [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} barbarize (third-person singular simple present barbarizes, present participle barbarizing, simple past and past participle barbarized)
  1. (transitive) To cause to become savage or uncultured. Tags: transitive Translations (to cause to become savage): barbarizzare (Italian), effero (Latin), barbaryzować [imperfective] (Polish), zbarbaryzować [perfective] (Polish), barbarizovať (Slovak), barbarizar (Spanish), förvilda (Swedish), barbarisera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-barbarize-en-verb-yyoxZQCe Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Slovak translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 21 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 43 27 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 34 25 41 Disambiguation of 'to cause to become savage': 86 13 1
  2. (intransitive) To become savage or uncultured. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-barbarize-en-verb-YK-RTwUV Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Slovak translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 21 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 34 25 41
  3. (intransitive) To adopt a foreign or barbarous mode of speech. Tags: intransitive Translations (to adopt a foreign or barbarous mode of speech): barbaryzować się [imperfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-barbarize-en-verb-8Gtf1emr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 21 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 21 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 31 18 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 31 18 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 34 25 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 31 19 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 33 25 42 Disambiguation of 'to adopt a foreign or barbarous mode of speech': 2 1 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: barbarization, debarbarize, rebarbarize, unbarbarize Translations (to become savave): barbaryzować się [imperfective] (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'to become savave': 47 51 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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