frenchify

verb — 3 senses

frenchify

verb

/ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃɪfaɪ/

Etymology From French + -ify.

1

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

To become French or more French-like.

  • This restaurant has frenchified.
3

Uncommon Synonym of gallicize, to translate into the French language.

Synonyms
francize, gallicize
Derived terms
Frenchification

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