romanise

Questions about romanise

What does romanise mean?

romanise means "write in the Latin alphabet".

How many syllables are in romanise?

romanise has 3 syllables and divides as ro-ma-nise under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for romanise?

Close synonyms include Romanize, Latinize, Latinise. 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 romanise a common word?

romanise 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.