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Scandinavianize

Scandinavianize verb: to make (something) Scandinavian in character.

Verb

Scandinavianize (third-person singular simple present Scandinavianizes, present participle Scandinavianizing, simple past and past participle Scandinavianized)

  1. (transitive) To make (something) Scandinavian in character.
    • I may explore different influences, but I always Scandinavianize them and use Danish products: goose, prunes, cabbage, apples, pork, mushrooms.2000 December, Raphael Kadushin, quoting Allan Schultz, “A Copenhagen Christmas”, in Bon Appétit, volume 45, number 12, New York, N.Y.: The Condé Nast Publications Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 222

Forms of Scandinavianize

third-person singular presentScandinavianizes
present participleScandinavianizing
past participleScandinavianized
pastScandinavianized

Origin of Scandinavianize

From Scandinavian + -ize.

Words formed from Scandinavianize

Questions about Scandinavianize

What does Scandinavianize mean?
Scandinavianize means to make (something) Scandinavian in character.
What part of speech is Scandinavianize?
Scandinavianize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Scandinavianize?
The past tense of Scandinavianize is Scandinavianized.

Words near Scandinavianize in the dictionary

  1. Scandinavianism
  2. Scandinavianisms
  3. Scandinavianist
  4. Scandinavianization
  5. Scandinavianizations
  6. Scandinavianize
  7. Scandinavianized
  8. Scandinavianizes
  9. Scandinavianizing
  10. Scandinavianness
  11. Scandinavians

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