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GeezerVison is showing en.wiktionary.org — internationalization - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

Alternative forms

  • internationalisation
  • i18n

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 *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-is
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.

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪntəˌnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ləˈzeɪʃən/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • (General American) IPA(key): /ɪntɚˌnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ləˈzeɪʃən/
    • Hyphenation: in‧ter‧na‧tion‧al‧iz‧a‧tion

    Noun

    internationalization (countable and uncountable, plural internationalizations)

    1. The conversion of something in order to make it international.
      Antonym: de-internationalization
      • 1860, The North British Review‎[1], volume 33:
        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.
      • 1869, Reports from Commissioners‎[2], volume 27:
        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.
    2. (software engineering) 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.

    Derived terms

    • deinternationalization

    Translations

    conversion of something to make it international
    • Arabic: تَدْوِيل m (tadwīl)
    • Catalan: internacionalització (ca) f
    • Chinese:
      Mandarin: 國際化 / 国际化 (zh) (guójìhuà)
    • Czech: internacionalizace m
    • Dutch: internationalisatie (nl) m, internationalisering (nl) m
    • Finnish: kansainvälistäminen (fi)
    • French: internationalisation (fr) f
    • German: Internationalisierung (de) f
    • Greek: διεθνοποίηση (el) f (diethnopoíisi)
    • Hebrew: בִּנְאוּם (he) m (bin'úm)
    • Icelandic: alþjóðavæðing f
    • Italian: internazionalizzazione (it) f
    • Japanese: 国際化 (ja) (こくさいか, kokusaika)
    • Kazakh: халықаралықтандыру (xalıqaralıqtandıruw)
    • Korean: 국제화(國際化) (ko) (gukjehwa)
    • Malay: pengantarabangsaan
    • Norwegian:
      Bokmål: internasjonalisering
    • Polish: internacjonalizacja m
    • Portuguese: internacionalização (pt) f
    • Romanian: internaționalizare (ro) m
    • Russian: интернационализа́ция (ru) f (intɛrnacionalizácija)
    • Slovak: internacionalizácia
    • Spanish: internacionalización (es) f
    • Swedish: internationalisering (sv)
    • Tagalog: internasyonalisasyon
    • Turkish: uluslararasılaştırma (tr)
    • Vietnamese: quốc tế hoá (vi) (國際化 (vi))
    software: act of making something suitable for international markets
    • Chinese:
      Mandarin: 國際化 / 国际化 (zh) (guójìhuà)
    • Finnish: kansainvälistäminen (fi)
    • French: internationalisation (fr) f
    • German: Internationalisierung (de) f
    • Hungarian: nemzetköziesítés (hu)
    • Italian: internazionalizzazione (it) f
    • Japanese: 国際化 (ja) (こくさいか, kokusaika)
    • Korean: 국제화(國際化) (ko) (gukjehwa)
    • Malay: pengantarabangsaan
    • Norwegian:
      Bokmål: internasjonalisering
    • Portuguese: internacionalização (pt) f
    • Russian: интернационализа́ция (ru) f (intɛrnacionalizácija)
    • Spanish: internacionalización (es)
    • Turkish: uluslararasılaştırma (tr)

    See also

    • globalization
    • localization

    References

    • internationalization on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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