frenchify
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Frenchify¹
verb Frenchifies · Frenchifying · Frenchified
- Alternative letter-case form of frenchify, to make or become more French.
frenchify²
- /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃɪfaɪ/
Where it comes from
From French + -ify.
verb frenchifies · frenchifying · frenchified · Frenchify
- To make French or more French-like in any way. 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".
- To become French or more French-like. This restaurant has frenchified.
- Synonym of gallicize, to translate into the French language.
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verb to make French or more French-like
| Español | afrancesar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | フランス化する Furansu-ka suru, フランス風にする Furansu-fū ni suru |
| 中文 | 法國化 /法国化 Fǎguó huà |
| Português | afrancesar |
| Français | franciser, faire français, rendre français |
| Deutsch | franzisieren, französisieren, französieren |
| Italiano | gallicizzare, francesizzare, infrancesare |
| Ελληνικά | γαλλοποιώ gallopoió, εκγαλλίζω ekgallízo |
| Română | franțuzi, franciza |
| Русский | офранцу́зить ofrancúzitʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | Pháp hóa, Pháp hoá |
| العربية | فَرْنَسَ farnasa |
| עברית | צִרְפֵת tzirfét |
Talk about this word "frenchify." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/frenchify. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. frenchify. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/frenchify "frenchify." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/frenchify.
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@misc{frenchify_2026,
title = {frenchify},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/frenchify},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
