Americanize

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Americanize

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From American + -ize; first attested in 1797.

verb Americanizes · Americanizing · Americanized · Americanise

  1. To render American; to adapt to the custom, culture, or style of the United States of America.
  2. To localize a medium for sale or use in the United States.

Opposite: de-Americanize, un-Americanize

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verb to make American

Españolamericanizar
한국어미국화하다 migukhwahada
日本語アメリカ風にする Amerikafū ni suru, アメリカナイズする amerikanaizu suru, 米国化する beikokuka suru
中文美國化 /美国化 měiguóhuà, 美語用法 /美语用法 měiyǔ yòngfǎ
Portuguêsamericanizar
Françaisaméricaniser
Deutschamerikanisieren
Italianoamericanizzare
Ελληνικάαμερικανοποιώ amerikanopoió, εξαμερικανίζω examerikanízo
Românăa americaniza
Русскийамериканизи́ровать amerikanizírovatʹ
Tiếng ViệtMỹ hóa, Mỹ hoá, Mĩ hoá
العربيةأَمْرَكَ ʔamraka

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@misc{americanize_2026,
  title = {Americanize},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/americanize},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}