romanization

1. Alternative case form of Romanization.

From romanize + -ation.

• IPA: /ˌɹəʊmənaɪˈzeɪʃən/

romanization

1. (usually, uncountable) The act or process of putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet, by means such as transliteration and transcription.
2. (countable) An instance (a string) of text transliterated or transcribed from another alphabet into the Latin alphabet.
   • 1989, David E. Mungello, Curious Land: Jesuit Accommodation and the Origins of Sinology, →ISBN, page 160:

     As an alternate name for Sakyamuni, Kircher gave "Omyto", which is a romanization of A-mi-to-fu, whom Kircher stated was commonly called "Amida", i.e., the Japanese pronunciation.

• French: transcription en caractère romain, romanisation
• German: Romanisierung
• Italian: romanizzazione
• Portuguese: romanização
• Russian: латиниза́ция
• Spanish: romanización