Cyrillization

See also: cyrillization

English

Alternative forms

• Cyrillicization, Cyrillisation, cyrillization

Etymology

From Cyrillic +‎ -ization.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɪɹɪlɪˈzeɪʃən/

Noun

Cyrillization (countable and uncountable, plural Cyrillizations)

1. The transliteration of text into the Cyrillic alphabet.
2. The adoption of the Cyrillic alphabet for a language's writing system.
   • 1998, Avraham Greenbaum, “Yiddish Language Politics in the Ukraine, 1930-1936”, in Dov-Ber Kerler, editor, Politics of Yiddish: Studies in Language, Literature & Society, Rowman Altamira, →ISBN, page 25:

     As far as I know, Cyrillization of Yiddish was never suggested by anyone.

Translations

putting text into the Cyrillic alphabet

• Belarusian: кірыліза́цыя f (kirylizácyja)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西裡爾化／西里尔化 (xīlǐ'ěrhuà)

• Finnish: kyrillisointi
• French: cyrillisation (fr) f
• German: Kyrillisierung f
• Greek: μεταγραφή στο Κυριλλικό αλφάβητο (metagrafí sto Kyrillikó alfávito)
• Italian: cirillizzazione
• Japanese: キリル文字化 (kiriru-mojika)
• Korean: 키릴 문자 표기 (kiril munja pyogi)
• Polish: cyrylizacja f
• Portuguese: cirilização f
• Russian: кириллиза́ция f (kirillizácija)
• Spanish: cirilización f
• Turkish: kirilizasyon
• Ukrainian: кириліза́ція f (kyrylizácija)