Definition of romanisation - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

language

TECH.

conversion of text to the Roman alphabet

TECH.

The romanisation of Japanese helps learners read the language.

latinization

transliteration

cultural assimilation

Dated

adoption of Roman culture and language

Dated

The romanisation of Gaul occurred during the Roman Empire.

latinization

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Origin of romanisation

Latin, Romanus (Roman) + -ation (process)

Examples of romanisation in a sentence

The book includes romanisation for easy reading.
Romanisation influenced the architecture in ancient Britain.
The romanisation process changed local languages significantly.

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French:romanisation, ...
German:Romanisierung, Romanisation, ...
Italian:romanizzazione, adozione della cultura romana, ...
Spanish:romanización, latinización, ...
Portuguese:romanização, ...
Chinese:罗马化, 罗马化进程, ...
Japanese:ローマ字表記, ローマ化, ...
Arabic:رَوْمَنَة, تَبَنِّي الثَّقَافَة الرُّومَانِيَّة, ...
Hebrew:תַּעְתּוּק לָטִינִי, רוֹמָנִיזַצְיָה, ...
Russian:романизация, латинизация, ...
Ukrainian:романізація, ...
Hindi:रोमन लिप्यंतरण, रोमन संस्कृति में आत्मसात, ...
Bengali:রোমানীকরণ, রোমান সংস্কৃতি গ্রহণ, ...
Catalan:romanització, ...
Czech:romanizace, ...
Danish:romanisering, romanisering af kultur, ...
Dutch:romanisatie, verromanisering, ...
Greek:λατινογράφηση, εκρωμαϊσμός, ...
Hungarian:romanizáció, elrómaiasodás, ...
Khmer:ការបំប្លែងអក្សរទៅជាអក្សររ៉ូម៉ាំង, ការធ្វើឱ្យក្លាយជារ៉ូម៉ាំង, ...
Korean:로마자화, 로마화, ...
Persian:لاتین‌نویسی, رومی‌سازی, ...
Polish:romanizacja, przyjęcie kultury rzymskiej, ...
Portuguese (BR):romanização, ...
Romanian:romanizare, ...
Swedish:romanisering, ...
Thai:การถอดอักษรโรมัน, การยอมรับวัฒนธรรมโรมัน, ...
Turkish:romanizasyon, Romalılaşma, ...
Vietnamese:La tinh hóa, La Mã hóa, ...

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