verbalize

English

Alternative forms

• verbalise

Etymology

From Middle French verbaliser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvəːbəlʌɪz/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Verb

verbalize (third-person singular simple present verbalizes, present participle verbalizing, simple past and past participle verbalized)

1. (transitive) To speak or to use words to express.

   Bill became tongue-tied and could not verbalize his thoughts in the presence of the girl he had a crush on.

3. (transitive, grammar) To adapt (a word of another part of speech) as a verb.

Derived terms

• verbalization

Translations

to express

• Bulgarian: изразявам с думи (izrazjavam s dumi)
• Catalan: verbalitzar (ca)
• Finnish: ilmaista (fi), ilmaista sanoin, verbaalistaa
• Galician: verbalizar
• German: verbalisieren (de)
• Greek: αποδίδω φραστικά (apodído frastiká)
• Hungarian: szavakba önt, kifejez (hu)
• Polish: werbalizować
• Portuguese: verbalizar (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: izraziti riječima pf, orječiti pf
• Spanish: verbalizar (es)
• Swedish: uttrycka i ord, verbalisera

to adapt as a verb

• Catalan: verbalitzar (ca)
• Finnish: verbaalistaa, muuttaa verbiksi
• Galician: verbalizar
• German: verbalisieren (de)
• Greek: ρηματοποιώ (rimatopoió)
• Portuguese: verbalizar (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: oglagoliti pf
• Spanish: verbalizar (es)
• Swedish: förvandla till verb

See also

(converting into or using as another part of speech:)

• adjectivize/adjectivise, adjective, adjectify
• adverbialize/adverbialise, (rare) adverb, (rare) adverbify, adverbize
• nominalize/nominalise, substantivize/substantivise, noun, (rare) nounify, (very rare) substantive
• verbalize/verbalise, (colloquial) verb, verbify

Galician

Verb

verbalize

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of verbalizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

verbalize

1. inflection of verbalizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative