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Ro·man·ize  (rm-nz)

tr.v. Ro·man·ized, Ro·man·iz·ing, Ro·man·iz·es

1. To convert (a person) to Roman Catholicism.

2. To make Roman in character, allegiance, or style.

3. often romanize To write or transliterate in the Latin alphabet.

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Roman·i·zation (-m-n-zshn) n.

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Romanize, Romanise [ˈrəʊməˌnaɪz]

vb

1. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) (tr) to impart a Roman Catholic character to (a ceremony, practice, etc.)

2. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) (intr) to be converted to Roman Catholicism

3. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (tr) to transcribe or transliterate (a language) into the Roman alphabet

4. (Historical Terms) to make Roman in character, allegiance, style, etc.

Romanization , Romanisation n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

Romanize - write in the Latin alphabet; "many shops in Japan now carry neon signs with Romanized names" Latinise, Latinize, Romanise transliterate, transcribe - rewrite in a different script; "The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated"

Translations

romanize [ˈrəʊmənaɪz] VT → romanizar

romanize

vt (Hist) → romanisieren; (Rel) → nach dem Katholizismus ausrichten