Meanings
verbAmericanize (third-person singular simple present Americanizes, present participle Americanizing, simple past and past participle Americanized)
present singular third person Americanizes · participle present Americanizing · participle past Americanized · past Americanized · alternative Americanise
- To render American; to adapt to the custom, culture, or style of the United States of America.
- To localize a medium for sale or use in the United States.
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
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Origin
From American + -ize; first attested in 1797.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic أَمْرَكَ
- أَمْرَكَ (ʔamraka)to make American
Bulgarian американизи́рам
- американизи́рам (amerikanizíram)to make American
Catalan americanitzar
- americanitzarto make American
Chinese Mandarin 美國化 /美国化, 美語用法 /美语用法
- 美國化 /美国化 (měiguóhuà)to make American
- 美語用法 /美语用法 (měiyǔ yòngfǎ)to make American
Czech amerikanizovat
- amerikanizovatto make American
Danish amerikanisere
- amerikanisereto make American
Dutch amerikaniseren
- amerikaniserento make American
Esperanto usonigi
- usonigito make American
Estonian amerikaniseerima
- amerikaniseerimato make American
Finnish amerikkalaistaa
- amerikkalaistaato make American
French américaniser
- américaniserto make American
German amerikanisieren
- amerikanisierento make American
Greek αμερικανοποιώ, εξαμερικανίζω
- αμερικανοποιώ (amerikanopoió)to make American
- εξαμερικανίζω (examerikanízo)to make American
Hungarian amerikanizál
- amerikanizálto make American
Italian americanizzare
- americanizzareto make American
Japanese アメリカ風にする, アメリカナイズする
- アメリカ風にする (Amerikafū ni suru)to make American
- アメリカナイズする (amerikanaizu suru)to make American
- 米国化する (beikokuka suru)to make American
Korean 미국화하다
- 미국화하다 (migukhwahada)to make American
Malay amerikakan
- amerikakanto make American
Norwegian Bokmål amerikanisere
- amerikanisereto make American
Polish amerykanizować, zamerykanizować
- amerykanizowaćto make American
- zamerykanizowaćto make American
Portuguese americanizar
- americanizarto make American
Romanian a americaniza
- a americanizato make American
Russian американизи́ровать
- американизи́ровать (amerikanizírovatʹ)to make American
Slovak amerikanizovať
- amerikanizovaťto make American
Spanish americanizar
- americanizarto make American
Swedish amerikanisera
- amerikaniserato make American
Ukrainian американізува́ти
- американізува́ти (amerykanizuváty)to make American
Vietnamese Mỹ hóa, Mỹ hoá
- Mỹ hóato make American
- Mỹ hoáto make American
- Mĩ hoáto make American
Yiddish אַמעריקאַניזירן
- אַמעריקאַניזירן (amerikanizirn)to make American
Cite this entry
APA
Americanize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Americanize
MLA
“Americanize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Americanize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Americanize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Americanize.
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