internationalize

English

Alternative forms

• internationalise

Etymology

From international +‎ -ize.

Verb

internationalize (third-person singular simple present internationalizes, present participle internationalizing, simple past and past participle internationalized)

1. (transitive) To make something international; to involve multiple nations in.

   Antonyms: de-internationalize, localize, regionalize

   Hyponym: globalize

   • 1947, Alan Patrick Herbert, Topsy Turvy‎^[1], page 66:

     I must say there is something to be said, don't you agree darling, and I rather hope they'll internationalize the cosmic wireless and save us from some of this defatigating news.

Translations

to make something international

• Catalan: internacionalitzar (ca)
• Finnish: kansainvälistää (fi)
• French: internationaliser (fr)
• Georgian: ინტერნაციონალიზება (inṭernacionalizeba), გაინტერანციონალურება (gainṭerancionalureba), ინტერნაციონალიზაციის მოხდენა (inṭernacionalizaciis moxdena)
• German: internationalisieren (de)
• Greek: διεθνοποιώ (el) (diethnopoió)
• Pannonian Rusyn: интернационализовац impf or pf (internacionalizovac)
• Portuguese: internacionalizar (pt)
• Spanish: internacionalizar (es)
• Swedish: internationalisera (sv)
• Vietnamese: quốc tế hoá (vi), quốc tế hóa (vi)