Pronunciations
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/ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃɪfaɪ/
Verb
To make French or more French-like in any way.
Usage- Transitive
- Examples
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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".
To become French or more French-like.
Usage- Intransitive
- Examples
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This restaurant has frenchified.
Synonym of gallicize, to translate into the French language.
Usage- Transitive
- Uncommon