frenchify

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Etymology

From French +‎ -ify.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: frĕnchʹĭfī, IPA(key): /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃɪfaɪ/
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Verb

frenchify (third-person singular simple present frenchifies, present participle frenchifying, simple past and past participle frenchified)

  1. (transitive) 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".
  2. (intransitive) To become French or more French-like.
    This restaurant has frenchified.
  3. (transitive, uncommon) Synonym of gallicize, to translate into the French language.

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