gallicize

English

Alternative forms

• gallicise (mainly UK)

Etymology

From Latin Gallicus (“French”) + -ize.

Verb

gallicize (third-person singular simple present gallicizes, present participle gallicizing, simple past and past participle gallicized)

1. (transitive) To make French as the culture, customs, pronunciation, or style.
2. (transitive) To translate into French.

Translations

to make French as the culture, customs, pronunciation, or style

• French: faire français, franciser

• Hungarian: elfranciásít (hu)

to translate into French

• French: traduire en français, franciser

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• Danish: snobbe for fransk (1); forfranske (2)
• Spanish: galicizar, traducir en francés
• Japanese: def. 1 フランス化する (furansu-ka-suru), def. 2 フランス語に翻訳する (furansugo ni hon'yaku suru)