Meanings
verbPolonize (third-person singular simple present Polonizes, present participle Polonizing, simple past and past participle Polonized)
present singular third person Polonizes · participle present Polonizing · participle past Polonized · past Polonized · alternative UK polonise · alternative UK Polonise · alternative US polonize
- transitiveTo make Polish as to custom, culture, language, or style; to adapt to the norms of the Republic of Poland.
Origin
- Frenchpoloniser
- EnglishPolonize
From Polonia + -ize, perhaps after French poloniser.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch verpoolsen
- verpoolsento make Polish
Esperanto poligi
- poligito make Polish
French poloniser
- poloniserto make Polish
German polonisieren, verpolnischen
- polonisierento make Polish
- verpolnischento make Polish
- verpolento make Polish
Polish polonizować, spolonizować
- polonizowaćto make Polish
- spolonizowaćto make Polish
- polszczyćto make Polish
- spolszczyćto make Polish
- spolszczaćto make Polish
Cite this entry
APA
Polonize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Polonize
MLA
“Polonize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Polonize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Polonize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Polonize.
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