Meanings
anglicise1
present singular third person anglicises · participle present anglicising · participle past anglicised · past anglicised · alternative Anglicise · alternative British Canada English Oxford US anglicize · alternative British Canada English Oxford US Anglicize
- transitiveTo make English, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, spelling, or style.
Someone who is translating into English a German novel, the hero of which is named Heinrich, will leave the name as it is; he will not Anglicize it into Henry.
1970, W. H. Auden, A Certain World, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, page 2671 more example
Other users of non-anglo descent have also alleged Lensa whitened their skin and anglicised their features, a common complaint of image-editing software on platforms like TikTok.
2022 December 8, Caitlin Cassidy, “What does the Lensa AI app do with my self portraits and why has it gone viral?”, in The Guardian - transitiveTo dub or translate into English.
- intransitiveTo become English.
Anglicise2
present singular third person Anglicises · participle present Anglicising · participle past Anglicised · past Anglicised
- Alternative letter-case form of anglicise.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinanglic(us)
- Englishanglicise
From Latin anglic(us) + -ise.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَأَنْجَلَ, تَأَنْجَلَ
- تَأَنْجَلَ (taʔangala)become English
- تَأَنْجَلَ (taʔangala)make English
Bulgarian поангличи
- поангличи (poangliči)make English
Catalan anglicitzar, anglicitzar
- anglicitzarbecome English
- anglicitzarmake English
Chinese Mandarin 英國化 /英国化, 英國化 /英国化
- 英國化 /英国化 (yīngguóhuà)become English
- 英國化 /英国化 (yīngguóhuà)make English
- 英化 (yīnghuà)make English
- 盎格魯化 /盎格鲁化 (ànggélǔhuà)make English
Danish anglisere
- angliseremake English
Dutch verengelsen, verengelsen
- verengelsenbecome English
- verengelsenmake English
Esperanto angligi, angliĝi
- angligidub or translate into English
- angliĝibecome English
- angligimake English
Finnish englannintaa, englantilaistua
- englannintaadub or translate into English
- englantilaistuabecome English
- englantilaistaamake English
French s'angliciser, angliciser
- s'angliciserbecome English
- anglicisermake English
German sich anglisieren, anglisieren
- sich anglisierenbecome English
- anglisierenmake English
Greek αγγλοποιώ, εξαγγλίζω
- αγγλοποιώ (anglopoió)dub or translate into English
- εξαγγλίζω (exanglízo)dub or translate into English
- αγγλοποιώ (anglopoió)make English
- εξαγγλίζω (exanglízo)make English
Hebrew הִתְאַנְגְּלֵז, אִנְגְּלֵז
- הִתְאַנְגְּלֵז (hitangléz)become English
- אִנְגְּלֵז (ingléz)make English
Hindi अंग्रेज़ बनाना
- अंग्रेज़ बनाना (aṅgrez banānā)make English
Italian inglesizzare
- inglesizzaremake English
Japanese 英国化する
- 英国化する (eikokuka suru)make English
Korean 영국화하다
- 영국화하다 (yeonggukhwahada)make English
Malay inggeriskan
- inggeriskanmake English
Polish anglizować się, zanglizować się
- anglizować siębecome English
- zanglizować siębecome English
- angielszczyć siębecome English
- anglizowaćmake English
- zanglizowaćmake English
- angielszczyćmake English
Portuguese anglicizar
- anglicizarmake English
Russian англизи́роваться, англизи́ровать
- англизи́роваться (anglizírovatʹsja)become English
- англизи́ровать (anglizírovatʹ)make English
Ukrainian англізува́тися, англізува́ти
- англізува́тися (anhlizuvátysja)become English
- англізува́ти (anhlizuváty)make English
Vietnamese Anh hóa, Anh hoá
- Anh hóamake English
- Anh hoámake English
Cite this entry
anglicise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anglicise
“anglicise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anglicise. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anglicise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anglicise.
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