Home › Words › R › romanizeromanize/ˈɹəʊ.mə.naɪz/romanize means to put letters or words written in another writing system into the Latin (Roman) alphabet.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, romanize ranks #2,613 of 42,762 for Qualifying.romanize is pronounced /ˈɹəʊ.mə.naɪz/.EtymologyFrom Roman + -ize.verbTo put letters or words written in another writing system into the Latin (Roman) alphabet.e.g.“The author romanizes Chinese names using the Wade–Giles system rather than the Pinyin system.”To bring under the authority or influence of Rome.To make or become Roman in character or style.e.g.“[…] perhaps he has Romaniz’d his Grecian Dames too much, and made them speak sometimes as if they had been born in the City of Rome, and under the Empire of Augustus.” — 1680, John Dryden, Ovid’s Epistles translated by several hands, London: Jacob Tonson, Preface:To make or become Roman Catholic in religion (by conversion), character or style.e.g.“[…] the more primitive times of Protestantism were more leaning to that which Romanizing spirits have called Puritanism.” — 1661, John Corbet, The Interest of England in the Matter of Religion, London: George Thomason, Section 11, p. 50:To fill with Latin words or idioms.To Romanianize.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).