Frenchify

//ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃɪfaɪ// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of frenchify, to make or become more French. alt-of
  2. 2
    To make French or more French-like in any way. transitive

    "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"."

  3. 3
    become French in appearance or character wordnet
  4. 4
    To become French or more French-like. intransitive

    "This restaurant has frenchified."

  5. 5
    make French in appearance or character wordnet
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  1. 6
    Synonym of gallicize, to translate into the French language. transitive, uncommon

Synonyms

All synonyms
gallicizefrancizeto translate into the french language

Example

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"They retained the "u" in the name, which most others, like the captain's descendants, laid aside; as Bonaparte did during his triumphant campaign in Italy, in order to un-Italianise and Frenchify his patronymic Buonaparte."

Etymology

From French + -ify.

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