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ROMANIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Romanize mean? 

ROMANIZE (verb)
  The verb ROMANIZE has 1 sense:

1. write in the Latin alphabetplay

  Familiarity information: ROMANIZE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ROMANIZE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they romanize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it romanizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: romanized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: romanized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: romanizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Write in the Latin alphabet

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

Latinise; Latinize; Romanise; Romanize

Context example:

many shops in Japan now carry neon signs with Romanized names

Hypernyms (to "Romanize" is one way to...):

transcribe; transliterate (rewrite in a different script)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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