Frenchify

English

Alternative forms

frenchify

Etymology

Pronunciation

enPR: frĕnchʹĭfī, IPA^(key): /ˈfɹɛntʃɪfaɪ/
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Verb

Frenchify (third-person singular simple present Frenchifies, present participle Frenchifying, simple past and past participle Frenchified)

(transitive) To make (something) (more) French in appearance, form, character or manners.
This café likes to Frenchify the names of its dishes to make them sound better than they actually are — they call their fish and chips "poisson-frites".
(intransitive) To become (more) French.
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Related terms

francization, francisation

Translations

Arabic: فَرْنَسَ‎ (farnasa)
Catalan: afrancesar (ca)
Dutch: verfransen (nl)
French: franciser (fr)
German: franzisieren, französisieren (de), französieren (de)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: forfranske (no)
Portuguese: afrancesar
Spanish: afrancesar (es)

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Swedish: förfranska (sv)
Turkish: Fransızcalaştırmak, Fransızlaştırmak (transitive), Fransızcalaşmak, Fransızlaşmak (intransitive)

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