anglicise

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
16
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈæŋɡlɪsaɪz/

Definition of anglicise

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)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.”
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verb

  1. (transitive)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.”
  2. (transitive)To dub or translate into English.
  3. (intransitive)To become English.
  4. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of anglicise.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Latin anglic(us) + -ise.

Words you can make from anglicise

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8-letter words

1 word

7-letter words

21 words

6-letter words

51 words

5-letter words

79 words

4-letter words

47 words

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