romanize
/ˈɹoʊ.məˌnaɪz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To put letters or words written in another writing system into the Latin (Roman) alphabet.
Transitive verb
verb
To make or become Roman in character or style.
verb
To make or become Roman Catholic in religion (by conversion), character or style.
verb
Alternative letter-case form of romanize.
Example Sentences
- "The author romanizes Chinese names using the Wade–Giles system rather than the Pinyin system."
- "A new system has been invented by which Chinese can be written in our letters as pronounced. This is called by the rather uncouth name of “Romanised.”"
- "Some of the Chinese students had difficulty comprehending the need to Romanize the Chinese etymons."
- "But since this custome was probably disused before their Invasion or Conquest, and the Romanes confessedly practised the same, since their possession of this Island, the most assured account will fall upon the Romanes, or Brittains Romanized."
- "[…] perhaps he has Romaniz’d his Grecian Dames too much, and made them speak sometimes as if they had been born in the City of Rome, and under the Empire of Augustus."
- "Long before this period, it [London] was fully romanized, and the customs, manners, buildings, and arts of the conqueror adopted."
Etymology
Etymology tree English Roman Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English romanize From Roman + -ize.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹoʊ.məˌnaɪz/
- British English: /ˈɹəʊ.mə.naɪz/
Usage
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Phrases
mis-romanize