naturalisation   (TTS Sound)

The noun naturalisation has 4 senses

• naturalization, naturalisation -- (the quality of being brought into conformity with nature)


• naturalization, naturalisation -- (the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship)


• naturalization, naturalisation -- (the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous)


• naturalization, naturalisation -- (changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology; "the naturalization in English of many Italian words")