Latinize
See also: latinize
English
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edit- Latinise (non-Oxford British spelling)
Etymology
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editLatinize (third-person singular simple present Latinizes, present participle Latinizing, simple past and past participle Latinized)
- (transitive) To translate something into the Latin language; or make a word similar in appearance or form to a Latin word.
- Guglielmus is a Latinized form of William.
- (transitive) To transliterate something into the characters of the Latin script; to Romanize
- The Cyrillic letter Л can be Latinized as L.
- (transitive) To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in.
- to Latinize the Church of England
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editTranslations
editto translate to Latin language
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to transliterate to Latin script — see romanize