Meanings
verbMediterraneanize (third-person singular simple present Mediterraneanizes, present participle Mediterraneanizing, simple past and past participle Mediterraneanized)
present singular third person Mediterraneanizes · participle present Mediterraneanizing · participle past Mediterraneanized · past Mediterraneanized · alternative UK Mediterraneanise
- transitiveTo make (someone or something) Mediterranean in behaviour or style.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*me
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
- Proto-Italic*meðios
- Latinmedius
- Proto-Indo-European*ters-
- Proto-Indo-European*ters-eh₂
- Proto-Italic*tersā
- Latinterra
- Latinmediterrāneus
- EnglishMediterranean
- EnglishMediterraneanize
From Mediterranean + -ize.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish välimerellistää
- välimerellistääto make Mediterranean in behaviour or style
German mediterranisieren
- mediterranisierento make Mediterranean in behaviour or style
Spanish mediterranizar, hacer mediterráneo
- mediterranizarto make Mediterranean in behaviour or style
- hacer mediterráneoto make Mediterranean in behaviour or style
Vietnamese Địa Trung Hải hóa
- Địa Trung Hải hóato make Mediterranean in behaviour or style
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APA
Mediterraneanize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mediterraneanize
MLA
“Mediterraneanize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mediterraneanize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mediterraneanize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mediterraneanize.
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