romanize

verb

ro·​man·​ize ˈrō-mə-ˌnīz 

romanized; romanizing

transitive verb

1

often Romanize : to make Roman in character

2

: to write or print (something, such as a language) in the Latin alphabet

romanize Chinese

3

Romanize

a

: to convert to Roman Catholicism

b

: to give a Roman Catholic character to

romanization

ˌrō-mə-nə-ˈzā-shən 

noun

often Romanization

Examples of romanize in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The most common method used pinyin, the system of romanized spelling for Mandarin that Chinese students learn in school. — Mara Hvistendahl, Wired, 18 May 2020

Goo, romanized by the star as Koo and also known professionally as GUHARA, was one of the K-pop world’s most prominent female stars and also popular in Japan after rising to fame as part of girl group KARA. — Tamar Herman, Billboard, 24 Nov. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1607, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for romanize

• advertise
• aggrandize
• alibis
• alkalies
• alkalis
• amortize
• amplifies
• analyse
• analyze
• anywise
• authorize
• butterflies