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Icelandicize

Syllables: Ice·land·i·cizeUK/aɪsˈlændɪˌsaɪz/

Icelandicize verb: to make (more) Icelandic.

Verb

Icelandicize (third-person singular simple present Icelandicizes, present participle Icelandicizing, simple past and past participle Icelandicized)

  1. To make (more) Icelandic.
    • In a few instances, both a foreign and an Icelandicised form may be encountered[.]2022, Daisy L. Neijman, Icelandic: An Essential Grammar, Routledge, →ISBN, page 32
    • The latter consists of the foreign word in Icelandicised form (spelling and pronunciation) which is given the weak past participle ending -aður so that it can be inflected.2022, Daisy L. Neijman, Icelandic: An Essential Grammar, Routledge, →ISBN, page 290f.

Forms of Icelandicize

third-person singular presentIcelandicizes
present participleIcelandicizing
past participleIcelandicized
pastIcelandicized
alternative formIcelandicise

Origin of Icelandicize

From Icelandic + -ize.

Words formed from Icelandicize

Questions about Icelandicize

What does Icelandicize mean?
Icelandicize means to make (more) Icelandic.
What part of speech is Icelandicize?
Icelandicize is a verb.
How do you pronounce Icelandicize?
Icelandicize is pronounced /aɪsˈlændɪˌsaɪz/ (UK).
What is the past tense of Icelandicize?
The past tense of Icelandicize is Icelandicized.

Words near Icelandicize in the dictionary

  1. Icelandicised
  2. Icelandicises
  3. Icelandicising
  4. Icelandicization
  5. Icelandicizations
  6. Icelandicize
  7. Icelandicized
  8. Icelandicizes
  9. Icelandicizing
  10. Icelandick
  11. Icelandicness

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