Romanize

Ro·man·ize

 (rō′mə-nīz′)

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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Ro′man·i·za′tion (-mə-nĭ-zā′shən) n.

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Romanize

(ˈrəʊməˌnaɪz) or

Romanise

vb

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

2. (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

ˌRomaniˈzation, ˌRomaniˈsation n

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Ro•man•ize

(ˈroʊ məˌnaɪz)

v.t. -ized, -iz•ing.

1. to make Roman Catholic.

2. (often l.c.) to make Roman in character.

3. (often l.c.) to render in the Latin alphabet, esp. a language traditionally written in a different system, as Chinese or Japanese.

Ro`man•i•za′tion, n.

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Romanize

Past participle: Romanized
Gerund: Romanizing

Imperative

Romanize

Romanize

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romanize

Past participle: romanized
Gerund: romanizing

Imperative

romanize

romanize

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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"

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Translations

romaniserenspellentranscriberen

romanize

[ˈrəʊmənaɪz] VT → romanizar

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romanize

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

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