anglicise
/ˈæŋɡlɪsaɪz/
anglicise verb: to make English, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, spelling, or style.
Verb (1)
anglicise (third-person singular simple present anglicises, present participle anglicising, simple past and past participle anglicised)
- 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.1970, W. H. Auden, A Certain World, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, page 267
- 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.2022 December 8, Caitlin Cassidy, “What does the Lensa AI app do with my self portraits and why has it gone viral?”, in The Guardian
- To dub or translate into English.
- To become English.
Verb (2) capitalized: Anglicise
Anglicise (third-person singular simple present Anglicises, present participle Anglicising, simple past and past participle Anglicised)
- Alternative letter-case form of anglicise.
anglicise meaning in Hindi, Arabic, Malay and Vietnamese
anglicise in Hindi
- make English
- अंग्रेज़ बनाना aṅgrez banānā
anglicise in Arabic
- make English
- تَأَنْجَلَ taʔangala
- become English
- تَأَنْجَلَ taʔangala
anglicise in Malay
- make English
- inggeriskan
anglicise in Vietnamese
- make English
- Anh hóa, Anh hoá
Forms of anglicise
| third-person singular present | anglicises |
|---|---|
| present participle | anglicising |
| past participle | anglicised |
| past | anglicised |
| alternative form | Anglicise |
| alternative British Canada English Oxford US | anglicize |
| alternative British Canada English Oxford US | Anglicize |
| third-person singular present | Anglicises |
| present participle | Anglicising |
| past participle | Anglicised |
| past | Anglicised |
Origin of anglicise
From Latin anglic(us) + -ise.
Words formed from anglicise
Questions about anglicise
- What does anglicise mean?
- Anglicise means to make English, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, spelling, or style.
- What is anglicise in Hindi?
- Anglicise in Hindi is अंग्रेज़ बनाना (aṅgrez banānā). See Anglicise meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is anglicise?
- Anglicise is a verb.
- How do you pronounce anglicise?
- Anglicise is pronounced /ˈæŋɡlɪsaɪz/.
- What is the past tense of anglicise?
- The past tense of anglicise is anglicised.
Words near anglicise in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: anglicise (page history and authors); Anglicise (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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