Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

austrianize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: aus-tri-an-ize
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to make Austrian.

Example Sentences

"She will find the Mahometan as well as the Pravoslav element, both alike Serbian by blood, linked together in opposition against the Croatian bureaucrats by whose means she vainly hoped to Austrianize the province."
"Austria has owned Trieste about 300 years, but has never been able to Austrianize it."
"[…] that is to say it would represent the tendency to Austrianize and Catholicize the Little Russians on both sides of the border and to detach the Little Russian mass from its Great Russian allegiance."

Etymology

From Austrian + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Austrian

Inflected Forms

Austrianizes (present, singular) Austrianizing (participle, present) Austrianized (participle, past) Austrianized (past)

Questions

What does austrianize mean?: to make Austrian.
Where does austrianize come from?: From Austrian + -ize.

How to pronounce austrianize

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “austrianize”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “austrianize”.
Repeat and practice — Say “austrianize” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.