Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See Anglicization, Anglicize.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The process by which something or someone (usually a word) is made more
English . Usually applied tolanguage orculture .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of anglicizing; making English in appearance
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Examples
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Avon is an anglicisation of the Welsh word for 'river' (spelled afon in Welsh)
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Avon is an anglicisation of the Welsh word for 'river' (spelled afon in Welsh)
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Avon is an anglicisation of the Welsh word for 'river' (spelled afon in Welsh)
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Avon is an anglicisation of the Welsh word for 'river' (spelled afon in Welsh)
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Avon is an anglicisation of the Welsh word for 'river' (spelled afon in Welsh) photo: Creative Commons/Minnaert photo: Creative Commons/Clipper
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Avon is an anglicisation of the Welsh word for 'river' (spelled afon in Welsh)
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In which case Arthuret could just be a phonetic spelling of the original name, not even really an anglicisation.
The battle of Arfderydd or Arthuret Carla 2010
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On the Maes E website, on April 16 (*: 35 a.m.) in an incredible contribution from the founder of 'Llais Gwynedd', Aeron Jones, it was said among other things that 'If you are worried about the anglicisation of Gwynedd Council, ask Dafydd Iwan why he sent a translator home from a meeting last year declaring that he wanted to "... speak English in meetings so that everybody understood."'
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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One of the two men astonishingly spoke of the battle of /faɪˈlɪpaɪ/, which bears no relation to either the Classical Latin pronunciation or the traditional anglicisation.
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See The rise of the BNP is a consequence of New Labour's de-anglicisation of Britain. dp damato
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
Logophile77 commented on the word anglicisation
I love this! :)
January 10, 2018