romanize

Alternative forms

• romanise (mainly British)
• Romanize, Romanise

Etymology

Roman +‎ -ize

Verb

romanize (third-person singular simple present romanizes, present participle romanizing, simple past and past participle romanized)

1. (transitive) to put letters or words written in another writing system into the Latin (Roman) alphabet
2. (transitive, historical, usually capitalized) to bring under the authority or influence of Rome
3. (transitive, intransitive, usually capitalized) to make Roman in character or style
4. (transitive, intransitive, usually capitalized) to make Roman Catholic in religion (by conversion), character or style
5. (transitive) to Latinize; to fill with Latin words or idioms

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References

• “romanize” in the Katherine Barker, editor, Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 2nd edition, Don Mills, Ont.; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, →ISBN.
• NOAD, 2nd ed.

Anagrams

• armozine

Verb

romanize

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of romanizar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of romanizar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of romanizar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of romanizar