--ise o -ize?-

--ise o -ize?-
Nota d'uso
I verbi che finiscono in -ize si possono quasi sempre scrivere anche con la desinenza -ise: criticize/criticise; realize/realise; recognize/recognise; organize/organise; ecc. Nell'inglese britannico si preferisce -ise, mentre nell'inglese americano e internazionale si usa quasi esclusivamente -ize. A prescindere dal modo in cui si scrivono questi verbi e i loro derivati (-ization, -izable, -izing), è essenziale essere coerenti e usare una sola grafia all'interno di uno scritto. Ci sono tuttavia delle eccezioni. To capsize è l'unico verbo, oltre a quelli monosillabici, che termina esclusivamente in -ize; cioè che non si può mai scrivere con -ise. Inoltre, ci sono diversi verbi in -ise che non si possono scrivere in -ize; i più comuni sono to advertise, to advise, to chastise, to circumcise, to comprise, to compromise, to despise, to devise, to enfranchise, to excise, to exercise, to franchise, to improvise, to merchandise, to supervise, to surmise, to surprise e to televise.

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  • -ise — see IZE (Cf. ize) …   Etymology dictionary

  • -ise — See { ize}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • -ize — izesuff. [F. iser, L. izare, Gr. ?.] A verb suffix signifying to make, to do, to practice; as, apologize, baptize, theorize, tyrannize. [1913 Webster] Note: In the case of certain words the spelling with ise (after analogy with F. iser) is the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • -ise — as a verbal ending is sometimes optional as an alternative to ize (baptise, prioritise) and is sometimes obligatory because of a word s origin (advertise, compromise, exercise). See more fully at ize …   Modern English usage

  • ise — [ aız ] suffix BRITISH IZE …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • -ize — suffix forming verbs, M.E. isen, from O.Fr. iser, from L.L. izare, from Gk. izein. English picked up the French form, but partially reverted to the correct Greek z spelling from late 16c. In Britain, despite the opposition (at least formerly) of… …   Etymology dictionary

  • -ise — [īz] suffix chiefly Brit. sp. of IZE …   English World dictionary

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