Dictionary Entry
latinize
latinize is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To give Latin terminations or forms to, as to foreign words, in writing Latin. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 19 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To give Latin terminations or forms to, as to foreign words, in writing Latin.
- 2transitive verb
To bring under the power or influence of the Romans or Latins; to affect with the usages of the Latins, especially in speech.
- 3transitive verb
To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in; as, to Latinize the Church of England.
- 4intransitive verb
To use words or phrases borrowed from the Latin.
- 5intransitive verb
To come under the influence of the Romans, or of the Roman Catholic Church.
- 6verb
cause to adopt Catholicism
Synonyms
- 7verb
translate into Latin
- 8verb
write in the Latin alphabet
"many shops in Japan now carry neon signs with Romanized names"
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