frenchify

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/ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃɪfaɪ/

verb

To make French or more French-like in any way.

“This restaurant has frenchified.”

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gallicizeto translate into the French languagefrancize
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Meanings

frenchify1

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

present singular third person frenchifies · participle present frenchifying · participle past frenchified · past frenchified · alternative Frenchify

  1. transitiveTo 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. intransitiveTo become French or more French-like.

    This restaurant has frenchified.

  3. transitiveuncommonSynonym of gallicize, to translate into the French language.

    Synonyms: gallicize, to translate into the French language

Frenchify2

verbFrenchify (third-person singular simple present Frenchifies, present participle Frenchifying, simple past and past participle Frenchified)

present singular third person Frenchifies · participle present Frenchifying · participle past Frenchified · past Frenchified

  1. Alternative letter-case form of frenchify, to make or become more French.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbSynonym of gallicize, to translate into the French language.

Similar
gallicizeto translate into the French language
Similar
francize
Also see
francizegallicize

Origin

From French + -ify.

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Translations

Arabic فَرْنَسَ
  • فَرْنَسَ (farnasa)to make French or more French-like
Bulgarian пофренчвам
  • пофренчвам (pofrenčvam)to make French or more French-like
Catalan afrancesar, francesitzar
  • afrancesarto make French or more French-like
  • francesitzarto make French or more French-like
Chinese Mandarin 法國化 /法国化
  • 法國化 /法国化 (Fǎguó huà)to make French or more French-like
Danish forfranske
  • forfransketo make French or more French-like
Dutch verfransen
  • verfransento make French or more French-like
Esperanto francigi
  • francigito make French or more French-like
Finnish ranskalaistaa
  • ranskalaistaato make French or more French-like
French franciser, faire français
  • franciserto make French or more French-like
  • faire françaisto make French or more French-like
  • rendre françaisto make French or more French-like
German franzisieren, französisieren
  • franzisierento make French or more French-like
  • französisierento make French or more French-like
  • französierento make French or more French-like
Greek γαλλοποιώ, εκγαλλίζω
  • γαλλοποιώ (gallopoió)to make French or more French-like
  • εκγαλλίζω (ekgallízo)to make French or more French-like
Hebrew צִרְפֵת
  • צִרְפֵת (tzirfét)to make French or more French-like
Hungarian franciásít, elfranciásít
  • franciásítto make French or more French-like
  • elfranciásítto make French or more French-like
Italian gallicizzare, francesizzare
  • gallicizzareto make French or more French-like
  • francesizzareto make French or more French-like
  • infrancesareto make French or more French-like
Japanese フランス化する, フランス風にする
  • フランス化する (Furansu-ka suru)to make French or more French-like
  • フランス風にする (Furansu-fū ni suru)to make French or more French-like
Norwegian Bokmål forfranske
  • forfransketo make French or more French-like
Polish sfrancuzić, sfrancuszczać
  • sfrancuzićto make French or more French-like
  • sfrancuszczaćto make French or more French-like
  • sfrancuszczyćto make French or more French-like
Portuguese afrancesar
  • afrancesarto make French or more French-like
Romanian franțuzi, franciza
  • franțuzito make French or more French-like
  • francizato make French or more French-like
Russian офранцу́зить
  • офранцу́зить (ofrancúzitʹ)to make French or more French-like
Spanish afrancesar
  • afrancesarto make French or more French-like
Swedish förfranska
  • förfranskato make French or more French-like
Vietnamese Pháp hóa, Pháp hoá
  • Pháp hóato make French or more French-like
  • Pháp hoáto make French or more French-like
Cite this entry
APA

frenchify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frenchify

MLA

“frenchify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frenchify. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frenchify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frenchify.

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