anglicised
/ˈæŋ.lɪ.saɪzd/adjective, verb
anglicised is an adjective meaning “Made into a form similar to those commonly used by English speakers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-G-L-I-C-I-S-E-D and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 12 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does anglicised mean?
adjective
- 1
Made into a form similar to those commonly used by English speakers.
When he immigrated he changed his name to the anglicised form so the natives could pronounce it correctly.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of anglicise
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of Anglicise
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce anglicised?
- UK /ˈæŋ.lɪ.saɪzd/
Anglicised has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of anglicised
- more anglicised comparative
- most anglicised superlative
- anglicized
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is anglicised?
Anglicised appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Anglicised in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a form similar to English:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | anglicisé |
| German | anglisiert |
| Portuguese | anglicizado |
| Spanish | anglicanizado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.