popularise

See also: popularisé

English

Alternative forms

popularize (American)

Etymology

popular +‎ -ise

Verb

popularise (third-person singular simple present popularises, present participle popularising, simple past and past participle popularised) (British spelling)

(transitive) To make something popular.
Homer Simpson popularised the term "d'oh".
- 1959 March, “Talking of Trains: Railbuses on the W.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 121:
  Special cheap day return facilities have been introduced to popularise the railbuses.
(transitive) To present something in a widely understandable or acceptable form, especially technical or scientific material for a general audience.

Translations

to make popular

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: папулярызава́ць impf or pf (papuljaryzavácʹ)
Bulgarian: популяризирам (bg) (populjariziram)
Catalan: popularitzar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 普及 (zh) (pǔjí), 推廣／推广 (zh) (tuīguǎng)
Czech: zpopularizovat (cs) pf
Danish: popularisere
Finnish: tehdä suosituksi, tehdä tunnetuksi
French: populariser (fr)
Galician: popularizar (gl)
German: popularisieren
Hungarian: népszerűsít (hu), popularizál (hu) (dated)
Ido: popularigar (io)
Japanese: 大衆化する (たいしゅうかする, taishūka suru)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: popularisere
Nynorsk: popularisere
Polish: popularyzować (pl) impf, spopularyzować (pl) pf, upowszechniać (pl) impf, upowszechnić pf
Portuguese: popularizar (pt)
Romanian: populariza (ro)
Russian: популяризи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (populjarizírovatʹ), популяризо́вывать impf (populjarizóvyvatʹ), популяризова́ть (ru) pf (populjarizovátʹ)
Spanish: popularizar (es)
Swedish: popularisera (sv)
Ukrainian: популяризува́ти impf or pf (populjaryzuváty)
Welsh: poblogeiddio (cy)

to present in a widely understandable form

Chinese:
Mandarin: 通俗化 (zh) (tōngsúhuà), 普及 (zh) (pǔjí), 大眾化／大众化 (zh) (dàzhònghuà)
Czech: popularizovat
Finnish: helppotajuistaa, popularisoida, kansantajuistaa (fi)
French: vulgariser (fr)
Galician: popularizar (gl)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

French

Verb

popularise

inflection of populariser:
1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

populaires