naturalization

English

Alternative forms

• naturalisation

Etymology

From Middle French naturalisation.

Noun

naturalization (countable and uncountable, plural naturalizations)

1. The action of naturalizing somebody; act of granting citizenship.
2. The admission or adoption of foreign words or customs into general use.
3. The introduction and establishment of an animal or plant into a place where it is not indigenous.

Antonyms

• denaturalization

Derived terms

• renaturalization

Translations

act of granting (or getting granted) citizenship

Belarusian: натураліза́цыя f (naturalizácyja) Bulgarian: натурализиране n (naturalizirane) Chinese: Mandarin: 入籍 (zh) (rùjí) Danish: naturalisering c Dutch: inburgering (nl) f Finnish: kansalaisuuden myöntäminen French: naturalisation (fr) f Georgian: ნატურალიზაცია (naṭuralizacia), მოქალაქეობის მინიჭება (mokalakeobis minič̣eba), მოქალაქეობის მიღება (mokalakeobis miɣeba) German: Einbürgerung (de) f Greek: πολιτογράφηση (el) f (politográfisi) Hungarian: honosítás (hu), állampolgárság megszerzése/megadása Irish: eadóirseacht f Italian: naturalizzazione (it) f Japanese: 帰化 (ja) (kika) Kazakh: қоластына алу (qolastyna alu) Maori: whakatangatawhenuatanga Polish: naturalizacja (pl) f Russian: натурализа́ция (ru) f (naturalizácija) Spanish: naturalización f Swedish: naturalisation (sv) c, naturalisering (sv) c Turkmen: naturalizasiýa, naturalizleşdirme Ukrainian: натураліза́ція f (naturalizácija) Vietnamese: nhập tịch (vi)

admission or adoption of foreign words or customs into general use

Greek: πολιτογράφηση (el) f (politográfisi) Hungarian: meghonosítás (hu), meghonosodás (hu)