italianizzazione
Italian
Etymology
From italianizza(re) (“to italianize”) + -zione (“-tion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.ta.lja.nid.d͡zatˈt͡sjo.ne/
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: i‧ta‧lia‧niz‧za‧zió‧ne
Noun
italianizzazione f (plural italianizzazioni)
- Italianization, specifically:
- the conversion of a non-Italian culture to an Italian one
- (linguistics) the process of adapting lexical elements from a foreign language to the Italian linguistic system
- (historical) a process of forced assimilation into the Italian culture
Further reading
- italianizzazione in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana