Meanings
nounAmericanisation (countable and uncountable, plural Americanisations)
plural Americanisations · alternative Americanization · alternative americanization
- UKcountableuncountableThe process of Americanising.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃emh₃-
- Proto-Germanic*amalą
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃rḗǵs
- Proto-Celtic*rīxs
- Proto-Germanic*rīks
- Proto-Germanic*Amalarīks
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱey-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóymos
- Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
- Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
- Proto-Indo-European*tḱóymos
- Proto-Germanic*haimaz
- Proto-Germanic*rīks
- Proto-Germanic*Haimarīksder.?
- ItalianAmerigo
- New LatinAmerica
- EnglishAmerica
- EnglishAmerican
- EnglishAmericanise
- EnglishAmericanisation
From Americanise + -ation.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Amerikanisering
- Amerikaniseringassimilation
Arabic أَمْرَكَة
- أَمْرَكَة (ʔamraka)assimilation
Bulgarian американиза́ция
- американиза́ция (amerikanizácija)assimilation
Catalan americanització
- americanitzacióassimilation
Chinese Mandarin 美國化 /美国化
- 美國化 /美国化 (měiguóhuà)assimilation
Czech amerikanizace
- amerikanizaceassimilation
Danish amerikanisering
- amerikaniseringassimilation
Dutch amerikanisering
- amerikaniseringassimilation
Estonian amerikaniseerumine
- amerikaniseerumineassimilation
Finnish amerikkalaistuminen
- amerikkalaistuminenassimilation
French américanisation
- américanisationassimilation
German Amerikanisierung
- Amerikanisierungassimilation
Greek εξαμερικανισμός, αμερικανοποίηση
- εξαμερικανισμός (examerikanismós)assimilation
- αμερικανοποίηση (amerikanopoíisi)assimilation
Hebrew אמריקניזציה
- אמריקניזציה (amerikanizátsya)assimilation
Hindi अमेरिकीकरण
- अमेरिकीकरण (amerikīkraṇ)assimilation
Hungarian amerikanizáció
- amerikanizációassimilation
Icelandic Ameríkanisering
- Ameríkaniseringassimilation
Indonesian amerikanisasi
- amerikanisasiassimilation
Irish Meiriceánú
- Meiriceánúassimilation
Italian americanizzazione
- americanizzazioneassimilation
Japanese アメリカ化, アメリカニゼーション
- アメリカ化 (amerikaka)assimilation
- アメリカニゼーション (amerikanizēshon)assimilation
- 米国化 (beikokuka)assimilation
Korean 미국화
- 미국화 (migukhwa)assimilation
Latvian amerikanizācija
- amerikanizācijaassimilation
Lithuanian amerikonizacija
- amerikonizacijaassimilation
Malay pengamerikaan
- pengamerikaanassimilation
Norwegian Bokmål amerikanisering
- amerikaniseringassimilation
Polish amerykanizacja
- amerykanizacjaassimilation
Portuguese americanização
- americanizaçãoassimilation
Romanian americanizare
- americanizareassimilation
Russian американиза́ция
- американиза́ция (amerikanizácija)assimilation
Slovak amerikanizácia
- amerikanizáciaassimilation
Spanish americanización
- americanizaciónassimilation
Swedish amerikanisering
- amerikaniseringassimilation
Tagalog amerikanisasyon
- amerikanisasyonassimilation
Thai อเมริกานุวัตร
- อเมริกานุวัตรassimilation
Turkish amerikanizasyon, Amerikanlaşma
- amerikanizasyonassimilation
- Amerikanlaşmaassimilation
- Amerikalılaşmaassimilation
Ukrainian американіза́ція
- американіза́ція (amerykanizácija)assimilation
Vietnamese Mĩ hoá
- Mĩ hoáassimilation
Yiddish אַמעריקאַניזירונג, אַמעריקאַניזאַציע
- אַמעריקאַניזירונג (amerikanizirung)assimilation
- אַמעריקאַניזאַציע (amerikanizatsye)assimilation
Cite this entry
APA
Americanisation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Americanisation
MLA
“Americanisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Americanisation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Americanisation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Americanisation.
Source: Americanisation on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.