Meanings
verbAfricanize (third-person singular simple present Africanizes, present participle Africanizing, simple past and past participle Africanized)
present singular third person Africanizes · participle present Africanizing · participle past Africanized · past Africanized · alternative Africanise
- UStransitiveTo make African.
Origin
Translations
Dutch afrikaniseren
- afrikaniserento make African
Esperanto afrikigi
- afrikigito make African
Finnish afrikkalaistaa
- afrikkalaistaato make African
French africaniser
- africaniserto make African
Polish afrykanizować
- afrykanizowaćto make African
Portuguese africanizar
- africanizarto make African
Spanish africanizar
- africanizarto make African
Swedish afrikanisera
- afrikaniserato make African
Vietnamese Phi hóa, châu Phi hóa
- Phi hóato make African
- châu Phi hóato make African
- Phi châu hóato make African
Cite this entry
APA
Africanize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Africanize
MLA
“Africanize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Africanize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Africanize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Africanize.
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