Romanization

//ˌɹəʊmənaɪˈzeɪʃən//

Synonyms for "romanization"

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Translations

80 translations across 46 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • romanizim noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Arabic

4 entries
  • رَوْمَنَة noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • كَرْشَنَة noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • لَاتِينِيَّة noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • نَقْحَرَة noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Armenian

2 entries
  • լատինականացում noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • ռոմանիզացիա noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • latınlaşma noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • romanlaşdırma noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • латыніза́цыя noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • раманіза́цыя noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • латиниза́ция noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • романиза́ция noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Catalan

1 entries
  • romanització noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 拉丁化 noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • 拼音 noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • 羅馬化 /罗马化 noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • 羅馬字 /罗马字 noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Czech

2 entries
  • latinizace noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • romanizace noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Danish

1 entries
  • romanisering noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Dutch

1 entries
  • romanisatie noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Finnish

1 entries
  • latinisaatio noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

French

2 entries
  • romanisation noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • transcription en caractères romains noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ლათინიზაცია noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • რომანიზაცია noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

German

1 entries
  • Romanisierung noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • רומניזציה noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Hindi

1 entries
  • रोमनीकरण noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • latin betűs átírás noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • romanisasi noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Italian

1 entries
  • romanizzazione noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ラテン文字化 noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • ローマ字 noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • ローマ字化 noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • ローマ字綴り noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • латындандыру noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • романдандыру noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ឡាតាំងនីយកម្ម noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • ឡាតាំងយានកម្ម noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Korean

2 entries
  • 로마자 noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • 로마자화 noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • латиндештирүү noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • латинизация noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • латинизација noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • романизација noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Malay

1 entries
  • perumian noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • romanisering noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Occitan

1 entries
  • romanizacion noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Persian

3 entries
  • رومنسازی noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • رومننویسی noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • لاتیننویسی noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Polish

2 entries
  • latynizacja noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • romanizacja noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • romanização noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Romanian

1 entries
  • romanizare noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Russian

2 entries
  • латиниза́ция noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • романиза́ция noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • latinizácija noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • romanizácija noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • латиниза́ција noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • романиза́ција noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Slovak

2 entries
  • latinizácia noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • romanizácia noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Slovene

2 entries
  • latinizacija noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • romanizacija noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Spanish

1 entries
  • romanización noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Swedish

1 entries
  • romanisering noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Tajik

2 entries
  • лотинизатсия noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • романонӣ noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Thai

2 entries
  • การถอดเป็นอักษรโรมัน noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • ทำให้เป็นแบบโรมัน noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Turkish

1 entries
  • romanizasyon noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • латиніза́ція noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • романіза́ція noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Urdu

1 entries
  • رومن نویسی noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • latinlashtirish noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)
  • romanlashtirish noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • romanisaasje noun (putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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Nicolas means that romanization of the Cyrillic alphabet is as beautiful as the sun, which burns your eyes when you look at it.

Source: tatoeba (385528)

Learning Hokkien in its POJ Romanization might be interesting. There are at least 11 methods to write Hokkien. If Hokkien had a colour, it might be orange.

Source: tatoeba (10621572)

Read the dissertation "Writing Taiwanese: The Pe̍h-ōe-jī Romanization and Identity Construction in Taiwan," about the Hokkien Sinitic topolect.

Source: tatoeba (10681526)

It is the 8th of June of 2013. I am wishy-washy as to my conlang priorities. Do I want Esperanto and Lojban? Or, do I want Lojban first, then Esperanto? Do I need to add Interlingua next? I tend to think now that Lojban has first priority for me. Hidden away is still the Orange Dream, which, I think, would be something different from Vling and would be really super-duper. The Orange Dream would have a more quaint Romanization perhaps, with such things as 'qu' and 'ph'. The morphemes would be monosyllabic.

Source: tatoeba (10715362)

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