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internationalization en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪntəˌnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ləˈzeɪʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /ɪntɚˌnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ləˈzeɪʃən/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English national English international Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English internationalization From international + -ization.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The conversion of something in order to make it international.
   • Before the union of the Scottish Crown with that of England, it had for a brief period been united with that of France. On this occasion, a complete legal internationalization was effected. 1860, The North British Review, volume 33:
   • I must say that the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce looks upon this step towards international coinage as part of an internationalization of the weights, measures, and coins. 1869, Reports from Commissioners, volume 27:
2. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of making a product suitable for international markets, typically by making text messages easily translatable and ensuring support of non-Latin character sets, languages, and regions.

Forms

Antonyms

de-internationalization

Deriveds

deinternationalization

Relateds

globalization · localization

Translations (42)

tr uluslararasılaştırma (conversion of something to make it international) · de Internationalisierung (conversion of something to make it international) · ja 国際化 (software: act of making something suitable for international markets) · ca internacionalització (conversion of something to make it international) · cmn 國際化 /国际化 (software: act of making something suitable for international markets) · is alþjóðavæðing (conversion of something to make it international) · kk халықаралықтандыру (conversion of something to make it international) · sv internationalisering (conversion of something to make it international) · it internazionalizzazione (software: act of making something suitable for international markets) · fr internationalisation (conversion of something to make it international) · tl internasyonalisasyon (conversion of something to make it international) · pl internacjonalizacja (conversion of something to make it international) · ms pengantarabangsaan (conversion of something to make it international) · tr uluslararasılaştırma (software: act of making something suitable for international markets) · ja 国際化 (conversion of something to make it international) · fi kansainvälistäminen (software: act of making something suitable for international markets) · el διεθνοποίηση (conversion of something to make it international) · es internacionalización (conversion of something to make it international) · cmn 國際化 /国际化 (conversion of something to make it international) · nl internationalisatie (conversion of something to make it international) · ar تَدْوِيل (conversion of something to make it international) · ru интернационализа́ция (software: act of making something suitable for international markets) · cs internacionalizace (conversion of something to make it international) · pt internacionalização (conversion of something to make it international) · hu nemzetköziesítés (software: act of making something suitable for international markets) · ko 국제화 (conversion of something to make it international) · ko 국제화 (software: act of making something suitable for international markets) · fr internationalisation (software: act of making something suitable for international markets) · ru интернационализа́ция (conversion of something to make it international) · it internazionalizzazione (conversion of something to make it international) · ms pengantarabangsaan (software: act of making something suitable for international markets) · ro internaționalizare (conversion of something to make it international) · nb internasjonalisering (software: act of making something suitable for international markets) · de Internationalisierung (software: act of making something suitable for international markets) · he בִּנְאוּם (conversion of something to make it international) · fi kansainvälistäminen (conversion of something to make it international) · vi quốc tế hoá (conversion of something to make it international) · nl internationalisering (conversion of something to make it international) · nb internasjonalisering (conversion of something to make it international) · es internacionalización (software: act of making something suitable for international markets) · pt internacionalização (software: act of making something suitable for international markets) · sk internacionalizácia (conversion of something to make it international)