Cyrillization

See also: cyrillization

English

Alternative forms

Cyrillicization, Cyrillisation, cyrillization

Etymology

From Cyrillic +‎ -ization.

Noun

Cyrillization (countable and uncountable, plural Cyrillizations)

The transliteration of text into the Cyrillic alphabet.
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

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)

Japanese: キリル文字化 (kiriru-mojika)
Korean: 키릴 문자 표기 (kiril munja pyogi)
Portuguese: cirilização f
Russian: кириллиза́ция f (kirillizácija)
Spanish: cirilización f

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