Americanize

English

Alternative forms

• Americanise

Etymology

American +‎ -ize

Pronunciation

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Verb

Americanize (third-person singular simple present Americanizes, present participle Americanizing, simple past and past participle Americanized)

1. (American) To make American, as to custom, culture, or style of the United States of America.
2. (American) To localize a medium for sale or use in the United States.

Related terms

• Americanization
• Americanism

Translations

to make American

• Catalan: americanitzar (ca)
• Dutch: amerikaniseren
• Finnish: amerikkalaistaa (fi)
• French: américaniser (fr)
• German: amerikanisieren

• Italian: americanizzare (it)
• Malay: amerikakan (ms)
• Serbo-Croatian: amerikanizirati (sh)
• Spanish: americanizar (es)
• Swedish: amerikanisera (sv)