nationalisation
noun
nationalisation is spelled N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N: 15 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nationalisation means “The act or process of making or becoming a nation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nationalisation is nationalisations.
How many letters and syllables are in nationalisation?
| Letters | 15: N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,663rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is nationalisation?
Nationalisation appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd 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).
How do you pronounce nationalisation?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-nationalisation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of nationalisation
- nationalisations plural
- nationalization US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nationalisation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act or process of making or becoming a nation.
the nationalisation of India
- 2
The act of taking formerly private assets into public or state ownership.
- 3
The act of becoming nationalistic.
[…] study of the legacy of classical republican patriotism through to the nationalisation of patriotism […]
- 4
The process of losing local and regional variation and becoming national in character and scope.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nationalisation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense making private assets public:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | nationalisation |
| German | Nationalisierung, Verstaatlichung |
| Portuguese | nacionalização |
| Spanish | nacionalización, estatización |
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 nationalisation come from?
From French nationalisation. By surface analysis, nationalise + -ation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).