Frenchification
English
Alternative forms
- frenchification
Etymology
From Frenchify + -ation, from French + -ify.
Pronunciation
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Noun
Frenchification (countable and uncountable, plural Frenchifications)
- The act or process of making French or more French-like, especially in informal contexts.
- The "frenchification" of the shopping district is complete: every shop has been redone in a Haussmannian style and baguettes, wine, and accordian music are inescapable.
- (slang) Something that has undergone frenchification, something that has frenchified and made more French-like.
- The ubiquitous café is just a frenchification of the old English coffeehouse, providing the ambiance of peaceful al fresco dining without actually moving any chairs outdoors.
- Synonym of Gallicization, translation into French or a French translation.
Synonyms
- Gallicization (formal & academic), francization (chiefly Quebec), frenchifying (active)
Translations
act or action of Frenchifying, something Frenchified
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