anglicise
verb/ˈæŋɡlɪsaɪz/
Etymology
From Latin anglic(us) + -ise.
- derived from anglicus
Definitions
To make English, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, spelling, or style.
- 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.
- 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.
To dub or translate into English.
To become English.
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Alternative letter-case form of anglicise.
The neighborhood
- neighboranglicism
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for anglicise. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA