naturalization

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

naturalization

  • /ˌnæ.tʃə.ɹə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/

Where it comes from

From Middle French naturalisation.

noun naturalizations · naturalisation

  1. countable, uncountable The action of naturalizing somebody; act of granting citizenship.
  2. countable, uncountable The admission or adoption of foreign words or customs into general use.
  3. countable, uncountable The introduction and establishment of an animal or plant into a place where it is not indigenous.

Opposite: denaturalization

Thesaurus

noun

Opposite: denaturalization

Translations

Every language

noun act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship

Españolnaturalización
日本語帰化 kika
中文入籍 rùjí
Françaisnaturalisation
DeutschEinbürgerung
Italianonaturalizzazione
Ελληνικάπολιτογράφηση politográfisi
Русскийнатурализа́ция naturalizácija
Tiếng Việtnhập tịch
العربيةتَجْنِيس tajnīs

noun admission or adoption of foreign words or customs into general use

Ελληνικάπολιτογράφηση politográfisi

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"naturalization." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/naturalization. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

naturalization. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/naturalization

Chicago

"naturalization." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/naturalization.

BibTeX
@misc{naturalization_2026,
  title = {naturalization},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/naturalization},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}