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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Gallicization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable
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noun
Synonym of Frenchification, the act or process of making French of more French-like, especially in formal and academic contexts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: Frenchification
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noun
The act of translation into the French language.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A translation into the French language.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
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.
