Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb latinize
3 senses of latinize
Sense 1
Romanize, Romanise, Latinize, Latinise -- (write in the Latin alphabet; "many shops in Japan now carry neon signs with Romanized names")
=> transliterate, transcribe -- (rewrite in a different script; "The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated")
Sense 2
Latinize -- (translate into Latin)
=> translate, interpret, render -- (restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N.")
Sense 3
catholicize, catholicise, latinize, latinise -- (cause to adopt Catholicism)
=> convert -- (cause to adopt a new or different faith; "The missionaries converted the Indian population")