Meanings
verbverbalize (third-person singular simple present verbalizes, present participle verbalizing, simple past and past participle verbalized)
present singular third person verbalizes · participle present verbalizing · participle past verbalized · past verbalized · alternative verbalise
- transitivegrammarTo adapt (a word of another part of speech) as a verb.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbarticulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchverbaliser
- Englishverbalize
Partly from Middle French verbaliser and partly from verbal + -ize.
More words from Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian изразявам с думи
- изразявам с думи (izrazjavam s dumi)to express
Catalan verbalitzar, verbalitzar
- verbalitzarto express
- verbalitzarto adapt as a verb
Finnish ilmaista, ilmaista sanoin
- ilmaistato express
- ilmaista sanointo express
- verbaalistaato express
- verbaalistaato adapt as a verb
- muuttaa verbiksito adapt as a verb
German verbalisieren, versprachlichen
- verbalisierento express
- versprachlichento express
- verbalisierento adapt as a verb
Greek αποδίδω φραστικά, ρηματοποιώ
- αποδίδω φραστικά (apodído frastiká)to express
- ρηματοποιώ (rimatopoió)to adapt as a verb
Hungarian szavakba önt, kifejez
- szavakba öntto express
- kifejezto express
Irish cuir i bhfocail
- cuir i bhfocailto express
Italian verbalizzare
- verbalizzareto express
Polish werbalizować, zwerbalizować
- werbalizowaćto express
- zwerbalizowaćto express
- werbalizowaćto adapt as a verb
- zwerbalizowaćto adapt as a verb
Portuguese verbalizar, verbalizar
- verbalizarto express
- verbalizarto adapt as a verb
Spanish verbalizar, verbalizar
- verbalizarto express
- verbalizarto adapt as a verb
Swedish verbalisera, sätta ord på
- verbaliserato express
- sätta ord påto express
- förvandla till verbto adapt as a verb
Cite this entry
APA
verbalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verbalize
MLA
“verbalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verbalize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “verbalize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verbalize.
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