latinise

Other forms of latinise

past tense

latinised·

present participle

latinising·

third person

latinises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about latinise

What does latinise mean?

latinise means "write in the Latin alphabet". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in latinise?

latinise has 3 syllables: la-ti-nise. The stress falls on "la".

What is another word for latinise?

Close synonyms include Romanize, Romanise, Latinize, catholicize, catholicise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is latinise a common word?

latinise is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.