Americanise

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verb

Non-Oxford British standard spelling of Americanize.

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Americanize
OriginEnglish American ← New Latin America ← Italian Amerigo →
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Meanings

verbAmericanise (third-person singular simple present Americanises, present participle Americanising, simple past and past participle Americanised)

present singular third person Americanises · participle present Americanising · participle past Americanised · past Americanised

  1. Non-Oxford British standard spelling of Americanize.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbmake American in character

Similar
Americanize
Broader
changealtermodify

verbbecome American in character

Similar
Americanize
Broader
change
Also see
americanize

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃emh₃-
  2. Proto-Germanic*amalą
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₃rḗǵs
  5. Proto-Celtic*rīxs
  6. Proto-Germanic*rīks
  7. Proto-Germanic*Amalarīks
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱey-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóymos
  10. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
  12. Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*tḱóymos
  14. Proto-Germanic*haimaz
  15. Proto-Germanic*rīks
  16. Proto-Germanic*Haimarīksder.?
  17. ItalianAmerigo
  18. New LatinAmerica
  19. EnglishAmerica
  20. EnglishAmerican
  21. EnglishAmericanise

From American + -ise.

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Cite this entry
APA

Americanise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Americanise

MLA

“Americanise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Americanise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Americanise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Americanise.

Source: Americanise on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.