anglicise
See also: anglicisé
English
Alternative forms
- Anglicise
- anglicize (North American and Oxford British spelling)
- Anglicize (North American and Oxford British spelling)
Etymology
From Latin anglicus + -ise.
Verb
anglicise (third-person singular simple present anglicises, present participle anglicising, simple past and past participle anglicised) (non-Oxford British spelling)
- (transitive) To make English, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, spelling, or style.
- 1970, W. H. Auden, A Certain World, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, page 267:
- Someone who is translating into English a German novel, the hero of which is named Heinrich, will leave the name as it is; he will not Anglicize it into Henry.
- 2022 December 8, Caitlin Cassidy, “What does the Lensa AI app do with my self portraits and why has it gone viral?”, in The Guardian:
- Other users of non-anglo descent have also alleged Lensa whitened their skin and anglicised their features, a common complaint of image-editing software on platforms like TikTok.
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- (transitive) To dub or translate into English.
- (transitive) To become English.
Derived terms
- anglicisation, anglicization
- Anglicisation, Anglicization
- anglicised, anglicized
- Anglicised, Anglicized
Related terms
- anglicism, Anglicism
Translations
make English
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dub or translate into English
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become English
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French
Verb
anglicise
- inflection of angliciser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- galiciens