Meanings
gallicization1
plural gallicizations
- countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of Gallicization.
Gallicization2
plural Gallicizations · alternative gallicization · alternative Gallicisation · alternative gallicisation
- countableuncountableSynonym of Frenchification, the act or process of making French of more French-like, especially in formal and academic contexts.
The Gallicization of Algeria—at least the cities on its northern coast—was a national project for over a century.
Synonyms: Frenchification
- countableuncountableThe act of translation into the French language.
- countableuncountableA translation into the French language.
Synonyms: Frenchification, francization, frenchifying
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of Frenchification, the act or process of making French of more French-like, especially in formal and academic contexts.
nounA translation into the French language.
Origin
From Gallicize + -ation, from Gallic + -ize, from Gallicus (“of or relating to Gaul and the Gauls”), used archaistically in New Latin and English in reference to modern France and the French. Cf. French gaulois and gallicisme.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
gallicization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gallicization
“gallicization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gallicization. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gallicization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gallicization.
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