Christianize

Alternative forms

Christianise (UK)

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɪst͡ʃənaɪz/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Verb

Christianize (third-person singular simple present Christianizes, present participle Christianizing, simple past and past participle Christianized)

(transitive) To make Christian.
(transitive) To cause to convert to Christianity.

Antonyms

de-Christianize

Derived terms

Translations

to (cause to) convert to Christianity

Arabic: نَصَّرَ (ar) (naṣṣara)
Asturian: cristianizar
Catalan: cristianitzar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 基督教化 (Jīdūjiàohuà)
Dutch: kerstenen (nl)
Esperanto: kristanigi
French: christianiser (fr)
Galician: cristianizar
German: christianisieren (de), verchristlichen
Greek: εκχριστιανίζω (el) (ekchristianízo)
Irish: críostaigh
Italian: cristianizzare (it)
Japanese: キリスト教化する (キリストきょうかする, Kirisuto-kyō-ka suru)
Kazakh: христиандандыру (xristiandandyru)
Korean: 기독교화(基督敎化)하다 (gidokgyohwahada)
Maori: whakakaraitiana
Occitan: cristianisar
Polish: chrystianizować (pl) impf, schrystianizować (pl) pf
Portuguese: cristianizar (pt)
Romanian: creștina (ro)
Russian: обраща́ть в христиа́нство impf (obraščátʹ v xristiánstvo), обрати́ть в христиа́нство pf (obratítʹ v xristiánstvo)
Serbo-Croatian: kristijanizírati (sh), pokr̀stiti (sh)
Spanish: cristianizar (es)
Swedish: kristna (sv)
Tagalog: samakakristuhin
Vietnamese: Kitô giáo hóa, Cơ Đốc giáo hóa, Thiên Chúa giáo hóa
Welsh: Cristioneiddio

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Slovak: ^{(please verify)} pokresťančiť (1), ^{(please verify)} pokresťančiť sa (2)