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Italianise

Italianise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Italianize.

Meaning of Italianize

Verb

Italianize (third-person singular simple present Italianizes, present participle Italianizing, simple past and past participle Italianized)

  1. (transitive) To give something Italian characteristics
  2. (intransitive) To adopt an Italian way of life, or Italian manners

Forms of Italianise

third-person singular presentItalianises
present participleItalianising
past participleItalianised
pastItalianised

Origin of Italianise

From Italian + -ise.

Questions about Italianise

What is Italianise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Italianise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Italianize.

Words near Italianise in the dictionary

  1. Italianating
  2. Italianation
  3. Italianesque
  4. Italianicity
  5. Italianisation
  6. Italianise
  7. Italianised
  8. Italianises
  9. Italianish
  10. Italianising
  11. Italianism

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Italianise (page history and authors); Italianize (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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