Latinization
/ˌlæt.ɪ.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/noun
Latinization is a noun meaning “The act or process of Latinizing, of making Latin; including translating into Latin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-A-T-I-N-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 47 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Latinization is Latinizations.
What does Latinization mean?
noun
- 1
The act or process of Latinizing, of making Latin; including translating into Latin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Latinization?
- UK /ˌlæt.ɪ.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
Latinization has 5 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Latinization.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Latinization
- Latinizations plural
- Latinisation
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Latinization?
Latinization appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th 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).
Latinization in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense act or process of Latinizing:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | latinisation |
| German | Latinisierung |
| Portuguese | latinização |
| Spanish | latinización |
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.
Where does Latinization come from?
From Latinize + -ation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).