italianizzazione

Italian

Etymology

From italianizza(re) (“to italianize”) +‎ -zione (“-tion”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /i.ta.lja.nid.d͡zatˈt͡sjo.ne/
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: i‧ta‧lia‧niz‧za‧zió‧ne

Noun

italianizzazione f (plural italianizzazioni)

  1. Italianization, specifically:
  2. the conversion of a non-Italian culture to an Italian one
  3. (linguistics) the process of adapting lexical elements from a foreign language to the Italian linguistic system
  4. (historical) a process of forced assimilation into the Italian culture

Further reading
  • italianizzazione in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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