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romanizzare

to Romanize

verb roh-mah-need-DZAH-reh Rare

Also means

to transliterate

Usage Note

Romanizzare has two distinct senses: historically, to bring under Roman cultural or political influence (romanizzare una provincia); in modern typography and computing, to convert a non-Latin script into Latin characters. The context determines which sense is intended. The noun form is romanizzazione.

Examples

"Gli studiosi romanizzano i testi antichi."

Natural Translation

Scholars Romanize the ancient texts.

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