To anglicise (or in North American English anglicize) is to adapt a foreign word into the English language, often modifying its form to correspond to standard English orthography. For example, the English word damsel is an anglicisation of the French demoiselle, meaning "little lady". Another common type of anglicisation is the inclusion of a foreign article as part of a noun (eg. algebra, lavolta).

Names can be anglicised, for example, Johann Müller could become John Miller.

See also

• Anglicism
• Anglicisation