Christianize

English

Alternative forms

• Christianise (UK)

Etymology

From Christian +‎ -ize.

Verb

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

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

Antonyms

• de-Christianize

Derived terms

• Christianizer
• rechristianize

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)
• 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)