Latinize
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See also: latinize
English
Alternative forms
- Latinise (non-Oxford British spelling)
- latinize (now nonstandard)
Etymology
From Latin latīnizō. By surface analysis, Latin + -ize.
Pronunciation
Verb
Latinize (third-person singular simple present Latinizes, present participle Latinizing, simple past and past participle Latinized)
- (transitive) To translate something into the Latin language; or make a word similar in appearance or form to a Latin word.
- Guglielmus is a Latinized form of William.
- (transitive) To transliterate something into the characters of the Latin script; to Romanize
- The Cyrillic letter Л can be Latinized as L.
- (transitive) To render or become Roman Catholic in form or style or to diffuse Roman Catholic ideas in something.
- to Latinize the Church of England
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
to translate to Latin language
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to transliterate to Latin script — see romanize
References
- ^ “Latinize, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
