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sinicize

/ˈsɪnəsaɪz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sini-cize
IPA
/ˈsɪnəsaɪz/
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make something Chinese in form or character.

Transitive verb

verb

To convert to Chinese characters or to enable to work with the Chinese script.

Transitive verb

verb

Alternative letter-case form of sinicize.

Etymology

Etymology tree English Sinic 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 sinicize From Sinic + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

sinicizes (present, singular) sinicizing (participle, present) sinicized (participle, past) sinicized (past) Sinicise (alternative)

Derived Forms

Sinicisation Sinicization

Frequently Paired Words

Sinification Sinofication

Synonyms

Sinify Sinofy Chinamaxx (2020's Internet slang)

Questions

How do you pronounce sinicize?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪnəsaɪz/.
What does sinicize mean?
To make something Chinese in form or character.
Where does sinicize come from?
Etymology tree English Sinic 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 sinicize From Sinic + -ize.

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