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Vietnamize

Vietnamize verb: to make more Vietnamese.

Verb

Vietnamize (third-person singular simple present Vietnamizes, present participle Vietnamizing, simple past and past participle Vietnamized)

  1. To make more Vietnamese.
  2. (historical) Especially, to reduce US involvement in the Vietnam War by replacing American troops with Vietnamese troops.

Vietnamize meaning in Vietnamese

Vietnamize in Vietnamese

to make more Vietnamese
Việt hoá, Việt Nam hoá

Forms of Vietnamize

third-person singular presentVietnamizes
present participleVietnamizing
past participleVietnamized
pastVietnamized

Origin of Vietnamize

From Vietnam + -ize.

Questions about Vietnamize

What does Vietnamize mean?
Vietnamize means to make more Vietnamese.
What is Vietnamize in Vietnamese?
Vietnamize in Vietnamese is Việt hoá, Việt Nam hoá. See Vietnamize meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is Vietnamize?
Vietnamize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Vietnamize?
The past tense of Vietnamize is Vietnamized.

Words near Vietnamize in the dictionary

  1. Vietnamises
  2. vietnamist
  3. vietnamists
  4. Vietnamization
  5. Vietnamizations
  6. Vietnamize
  7. Vietnamized
  8. Vietnamizes
  9. Vietnamizing
  10. Vietnamology
  11. Vietnams

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Vietnamize (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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