gallicization
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gallicization¹
noun gallicizations
- Alternative letter-case form of Gallicization
Gallicization²
Where it comes from
From Gallicize + -ation, from Gallic + -ize, from Gallicus (“of or relating to Gaul and the Gauls”), used archaistically in New Latin and English in reference to modern France and the French. Cf. French gaulois and gallicisme.
noun Gallicizations · gallicization · Gallicisation · gallicisation
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Synonym of Frenchification, the act or process of making French of more French-like, especially in formal and academic contexts.
The Gallicization of Algeria—at least the cities on its northern coast—was a national project for over a century.
Similar: Frenchification
- The act of translation into the French language.
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A translation into the French language.
Similar: Frenchification, francization, frenchifying
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