Dictionary

frenchify en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃɪfaɪ/
• (US) audio
• frĕnch􂀽'ĭfī

Etymology

From French + -ify.

Meanings

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.

Forms

Deriveds

Frenchification

Synonyms

gallicize · to translate into the French language · gallicize · francize

Translations (45)

it francesizzare (to make French or more French-like) · ja フランス風にする (to make French or more French-like) · de französieren (to make French or more French-like) · de französisieren (to make French or more French-like) · hu elfranciásít (to make French or more French-like) · fr franciser (to make French or more French-like) · ru офранцу́зить (to make French or more French-like) · sv förfranska (to make French or more French-like) · fr faire français (to make French or more French-like) · pl sfrancuszczyć (to make French or more French-like) · sh pofrancuziti (to make French or more French-like) · el εκγαλλίζω (to make French or more French-like) · he צִרְפֵת (to make French or more French-like) · es afrancesar (to make French or more French-like) · el γαλλοποιώ (to make French or more French-like) · nn forfranske (to make French or more French-like) · cmn 法國化 /法国化 (to make French or more French-like) · nl verfransen (to make French or more French-like) · bg пофренчвам (to make French or more French-like) · ka აფრანგულებს (to make French or more French-like) · hu franciásít (to make French or more French-like) · ka გააფრანგულებს (to make French or more French-like) · pt afrancesar (to make French or more French-like) · nb forfranske (to make French or more French-like) · vi Pháp hóa (to make French or more French-like) · it gallicizzare (to make French or more French-like) · ca francesitzar (to make French or more French-like) · ro franțuzi (to make French or more French-like) · sh пофранцузити (to make French or more French-like) · it infrancesare (to make French or more French-like) · ar فَرْنَسَ (to make French or more French-like) · nn forfranska (to make French or more French-like) · pl sfrancuszczać (to make French or more French-like) · fr rendre français (to make French or more French-like) · ja フランス化する (to make French or more French-like) · da forfranske (to make French or more French-like) · ro franciza (to make French or more French-like) · oc francizar (to make French or more French-like) · de franzisieren (to make French or more French-like) · vi Pháp hoá (to make French or more French-like) · ca afrancesar (to make French or more French-like) · gl afrancesar (to make French or more French-like) · eo francigi (to make French or more French-like) · pl sfrancuzić (to make French or more French-like) · fi ranskalaistaa (to make French or more French-like)