Frenchification

English

Alternative forms

• frenchification

Etymology

From Frenchify +‎ -ation, from French + -ify.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Frenchification (countable and uncountable, plural Frenchifications)

1. The act or process of making French or more French-like, especially in informal contexts.

   The "frenchification" of the shopping district is complete: every shop has been redone in a Haussmannian style and baguettes, wine, and accordian music are inescapable.

2. (slang) Something that has undergone frenchification, something that has frenchified and made more French-like.

   The ubiquitous café is just a frenchification of the old English coffeehouse, providing the ambiance of peaceful al fresco dining without actually moving any chairs outdoors.

3. Synonym of Gallicization, translation into French or a French translation.

Synonyms

• Gallicization (formal & academic), francization (chiefly Quebec), frenchifying (active)

Translations

act or action of Frenchifying, something Frenchified

• Arabic: فَرْنَسَة f (farnasa)
• Breton: gallekaat (br), gallekadur m
• Bulgarian: францизи́ране n (francizírane)
• Danish: forfranskning (da) c
• Dutch: verfransing f
• French: francisation (fr) f
• German: Französierung f, Französisierung f, Französieren n (act), Französisieren n (act), Französelei f
• Malay: pemperancisan, fransisasi
• Russian: галлиза́ция f (gallizácija), франциза́ция (ru) f (francizácija), офранцу́живание (ru) n (ofrancúživanije)
• Spanish: afrancesamiento (es) m, francofonización f