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Alternative letter-case form of frenchify, to make or become more French.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To make French or more French-like in any way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- 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".
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To become French or more French-like.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- This restaurant has frenchified.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Synonym of gallicize, to translate into the French language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive, uncommon
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gallicize, to translate into the French language
Antonyms: none provided
become French in appearance or character
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- This restaurant has Frenchified
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change state, turn
make French in appearance or character
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- let's Frenchify the restaurant and charge more money
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
فَرْنَسَ
(farnasa)
— to make French or more French-like
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Bulgarian:
пофренчвам
(pofrenčvam)
— to make French or more French-like
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Catalan:
afrancesar
— to make French or more French-like
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Catalan:
francesitzar
— to make French or more French-like
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Chinese Mandarin:
法國化 /法国化
(Fǎguó huà)
— to make French or more French-like
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Danish:
forfranske
— to make French or more French-like
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Dutch:
verfransen
— to make French or more French-like
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Esperanto:
francigi
— to make French or more French-like
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Finnish:
ranskalaistaa
— to make French or more French-like
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French:
franciser
— to make French or more French-like
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French:
faire français
— to make French or more French-like
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French:
rendre français
— to make French or more French-like
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Galician:
afrancesar
— to make French or more French-like
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Georgian:
აფრანგულებს
(aprangulebs)
— to make French or more French-like
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Georgian:
გააფრანგულებს
(gaaprangulebs)
— to make French or more French-like
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German:
franzisieren
— to make French or more French-like
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German:
französisieren
— to make French or more French-like
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German:
französieren
— to make French or more French-like
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Greek:
γαλλοποιώ
(gallopoió)
— to make French or more French-like
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Greek:
εκγαλλίζω
(ekgallízo)
— to make French or more French-like
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Hebrew:
צִרְפֵת
(tzirfét)
— to make French or more French-like
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Hungarian:
franciásít
— to make French or more French-like
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Hungarian:
elfranciásít
— to make French or more French-like
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Italian:
gallicizzare
— to make French or more French-like
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Italian:
francesizzare
— to make French or more French-like
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Italian:
infrancesare
— to make French or more French-like
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Japanese:
フランス化する
(Furansu-ka suru)
— to make French or more French-like
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Japanese:
フランス風にする
(Furansu-fū ni suru)
— to make French or more French-like
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Norwegian Bokmål:
forfranske
— to make French or more French-like
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
forfranske
— to make French or more French-like
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
forfranska
— to make French or more French-like
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Occitan:
francizar
— to make French or more French-like
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Polish:
sfrancuzić
— to make French or more French-like
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Polish:
sfrancuszczać
— to make French or more French-like
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Polish:
sfrancuszczyć
— to make French or more French-like
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Portuguese:
afrancesar
— to make French or more French-like
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Romanian:
franțuzi
— to make French or more French-like
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Romanian:
franciza
— to make French or more French-like
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Russian:
офранцу́зить
(ofrancúzitʹ)
— to make French or more French-like
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Serbo-Croatian:
пофранцузити
— to make French or more French-like
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Serbo-Croatian:
pofrancuziti
— to make French or more French-like
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Spanish:
afrancesar
— to make French or more French-like
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Swedish:
förfranska
— to make French or more French-like
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Vietnamese:
Pháp hóa
— to make French or more French-like
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Vietnamese:
Pháp hoá
— to make French or more French-like