to anglicize
2
7.5
- verb
- /ˈæŋɡlɪˌsaɪz/
- US
:
anglicizar
- Should I keep my Hindu name, or anglicize it, like the Jews and Chinese had done?
- Anglicized names
Kuvirkin in if it's anglicized, would be Kubrick.
- Kuvirkin in if it's anglicized, would be Kubrick.
- There's a lot of people trying to sort of, you know, anglicize or or Germanize Russia involved there.
Examples
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The Portuguese brought Christianity to the island and called this place Pico de Adam, which was anglicized by the British to Adam's Peak.
Academic text (2007) -
Many immigrants to America adopt English names or anglicize their own.
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Of course, in the adult world, it is well known that early explorers' names were often Anglicized.
Academic text (1994) -
In Toronto, Boris Tonski changed his name, anglicizing himself to become Boris Tony.
Fiction book (1998) -
Monica Ortiz Salas attended a bilingual school where many of her classmates anglicized their names: Sandra became Sandy, Isabel became Elizabeth, and, of course, Maria became Mary.
Fiction book (1995) -
In 1870, he arrived in New York, where he anglicized his name and joined the Army.
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The immigrants named their settlement "Salem," an anglicized form of the Hebrew word shalom, meaning "peace."
Surface Forms
Morphology
anglicize = English (semi-transparent) = anglic + ize
The suffix '-ize' clearly forms a verb meaning 'make or become X', but the combining form 'anglic-' is not a common standalone word and may be unfamiliar to learners.
Etymology
The word anglicize comes from Anglic- meaning 'English' and the ending -ize meaning 'to make' or 'to become'. So to anglicize a name, word, or custom is to make it more 'English' in form or use.