italianizzazione
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom italianizza(re) (“to italianize”) + -zione (“-tion”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edititalianizzazione f (plural italianizzazioni)
- Italianization, specifically:
- the conversion of a non-Italian culture to an Italian one
- (linguistics) the process of adapting lexical elements from a foreign language to the Italian linguistic system
- (historical) a process of forced assimilation into the Italian culture
Further reading
edit- italianizzazione in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana