anglicisation

See also: Anglicisation

English

Alternative forms

• Anglicisation
• anglicization, Anglicization (American spelling, Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

From anglicise +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌæŋ.ɡlɪ.saɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌæŋ.ɡlɪ.səˈzeɪ.ʃən/

  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

anglicisation (countable and uncountable, plural anglicisations) (Non-Oxford British English)

1. The process by which something or someone (usually a word) is made more English. Usually applied to language or culture.

   Synonym: Anglification

   Dublin, the name of the capital of Ireland, is an anglicisation of the Gaelic name Dubh Linn.

Related terms

• anglicise / anglicize
• anglicised / anglicized
• Englishification

Translations

process of anglicising

• Arabic: أَنْجَلَة‎ f (ʾangala)
• Armenian: անգլիկացում (anglikacʿum)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 英國化／英国化 (yīngguóhuà), 英化 (yīnghuà), 盎格魯化／盎格鲁化 (ànggélǔhuà)

• Czech: anglicizace f, poangličtění n
• Estonian: angliseerimine
• Finnish: englannistus
• French: anglicisation (fr) f
• German: Anglisierung (de) f
• Greek: εξαγγλισμός (el) m (exanglismós)
• Hebrew: אִנְגְּלוּז‎ (he) m (inglúz)
• Japanese: 英国化 (えいこくか, eikokuka), アングライゼーション (anguraizēshon)
• Korean: 영국화 (yeonggukhwa)
• Persian: انگلیسی‌سازی‎ (engelisi-sâzi)
• Portuguese: anglicização f
• Russian: англициза́ция f (anglicizácija), англиза́ция f (anglizácija), англифика́ция f (anglifikácija)
• Spanish: anglicización m
• Swedish: anglifiering c, anglisering c
• Vietnamese: Anh hóa