Definition
To grant denizen status to a foreigner; to legally establish someone as a recognized resident or make them a denizen.
Etymology
From denizen + -ize (suffix meaning 'to make or cause to become'). This is a back-formation from denizen, creating a verb from the noun.
Kelly Says
Back-formations are when we take a noun like 'denizen' and invent a verb from it—we do this all the time in modern English (like creating 'google' from the noun Google).
Translations
BNবাংলা
বাসিন্দা
ba-shin-da
CACatalà
resident
re-si-dent
CSČeština
obyvatel
o-by-va-tel
DADansk
indbygger
in-d-by-gger
DEDeutsch
Denizens
de-ni-zen
ELΕλληνικά
κατοικητής
ka-to-i-ke-tis
ESEspañol
denizen
de-ni-zen
FRFrançais
denizen
de-ni-zen
HIहिन्दी
निवासी
ni-va-asi
IDBahasa Indonesia
penduduk
pen-du-duk
ITItaliano
denizen
de-ni-zen
MSBahasa Melayu
penduduk
pen-du-duk
NLNederlands
inwoner
in-wo-ner
NONorsk
innbygger
in-n-by-gger
PLPolski
mieszkaniec
mie-sh-ka-ni-ets
PTPortuguês
denizen
de-ni-zen
RORomână
locuitor
lo-cu-i-tor
RUРусский
постоянный житель
pa-st-o-y-nyy zhi-tel
SVSvenska
innevånare
in-ne-va-na-re
SWKiswahili
mkazi
m-ka-zi
THไทย
ผู้อยู่อาศัย
phoo-oy-oo-a-sai
TLTL
naninirahan
na-ni-ni-ra-han
TRTürkçe
denizci
de-niz-ci
UKУкраїнська
постійний мешканець
pa-st-oy-nyy mesh-ka-nets
VITiếng Việt
người cư trú
ngoo-e-cu-tru
ZUZU
umshayeli
oom-sha-ye-li