modernize
‘make modern’
modern+-izeCAUS
-ize — causative
The same meaning in all five languages
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Germanic
French
Romance
Hindi
Indo-Aryan
Telugu
South-Central
Tamil
South
Word
Stem
modern
moderne
आधुनिक
ఆధునిక
நவீன
Register
learned
learned
Sanskritic
Sanskritic
mixed
French
moderniser
moderne+-isercausative
Hindi
Telugu
ఆధునికీకరించుādhunikīkariñcu
ఆధునిక+-ించుcausative
Tamil
நவீனப்படுத்துnavīṉappaṭuttu
நவீன+-ப்படுத்துcausative
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01modernize is an English verb formed from the stem modern with the suffix -ize (causative).3 steps
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- affixaffix:en:-ize
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03Aligned forms: French moderniser (translation equivalent); Hindi आधुनिक बनाना (ādhunik banānā) (translation equivalent); Tamil நவீனப்படுத்து (navīṉappaṭuttu) (translation equivalent); Telugu ఆధునికీకరించు (ādhunikīkariñcu) (translation equivalent).1 step
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