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Ukrainianize

Ukrainianize verb: to render Ukrainian in character; impose Ukrainian culture, language, or ethnic identity.

Verb

Ukrainianize (third-person singular simple present Ukrainianizes, present participle Ukrainianizing, simple past and past participle Ukrainianized)

  1. (transitive) To render Ukrainian in character; impose Ukrainian culture, language, or ethnic identity.
  2. (intransitive) To become Ukrainian in character; adopt Ukrainian culture, language, or ethnic identity.

Forms of Ukrainianize

third-person singular presentUkrainianizes
present participleUkrainianizing
past participleUkrainianized
pastUkrainianized
alternative formUkrainianise
alternative formUkrainise
alternative formUkrainize

Origin of Ukrainianize

1915, Ukrainian + -ize. The shorter form, cognate of Ukrainization/Ukrainisation is influenced by Russian украиниза́ция (ukrainizácija) or Ukrainian україніза́ція (ukrajinizácija).

Words formed from Ukrainianize

Questions about Ukrainianize

What does Ukrainianize mean?
Ukrainianize means to render Ukrainian in character; impose Ukrainian culture, language, or ethnic identity.
What part of speech is Ukrainianize?
Ukrainianize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Ukrainianize?
The past tense of Ukrainianize is Ukrainianized.

Words near Ukrainianize in the dictionary

  1. Ukrainianising
  2. Ukrainianism
  3. Ukrainianisms
  4. Ukrainianization
  5. Ukrainianizations
  6. Ukrainianize
  7. Ukrainianized
  8. Ukrainianizes
  9. Ukrainianizing
  10. Ukrainianness
  11. Ukrainians

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