"Gallicization" meaning in English

See Gallicization in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: Gallicizations [plural], gallicization [alternative], Gallicisation [alternative], gallicisation [alternative]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Gallicize|ation}} Gallicize + -ation, {{cog|fr|gaulois}} French gaulois Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Gallicization (countable and uncountable, plural Gallicizations)
  1. Synonym of Frenchification, the act or process of making French of more French-like, especially in formal and academic contexts. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: Frenchification [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-Gallicization-en-noun-FvJmRvzq
  2. The act of translation into the French language. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Gallicization-en-noun-Fmz7T6h0
  3. A translation into the French language. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Ethnography Categories (place): France Synonyms (translation, a translation): Frenchification, francization, frenchifying
    Sense id: en-Gallicization-en-noun-viLW8-WJ Disambiguation of Ethnography: 32 6 62 Disambiguation of France: 14 12 74 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ation, English terms suffixed with -ization, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 25 66 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ation: 14 18 68 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ization: 14 18 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 12 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 11 84 Disambiguation of 'translation, a translation': 0 32 68

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Gallicize",
        "3": "ation"
      },
      "expansion": "Gallicize + -ation",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "gaulois"
      },
      "expansion": "French gaulois",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Gallicizations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gallicization",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gallicisation",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gallicisation",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "Gallicization (countable and uncountable, plural Gallicizations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The Gallicization of Algeria—at least the cities on its northern coast—was a national project for over a century.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of Frenchification, the act or process of making French of more French-like, especially in formal and academic contexts."
      ],
      "id": "en-Gallicization-en-noun-FvJmRvzq",
      "links": [
        [
          "Frenchification",
          "Frenchification#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "the act or process of making French of more French-like, especially in formal and academic contexts",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "Frenchification"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The act of translation into the French language."
      ],
      "id": "en-Gallicization-en-noun-Fmz7T6h0",
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "translation",
          "translation"
        ],
        [
          "French",
          "French"
        ],
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 25 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 18 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 18 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ization",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 12 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 11 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 6 62",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Ethnography",
          "orig": "en:Ethnography",
          "parents": [
            "Anthropology",
            "Social sciences",
            "Zoology",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "Biology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 12 74",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "France",
          "orig": "en:France",
          "parents": [
            "Countries",
            "Countries in Europe",
            "Polities",
            "Places",
            "Europe",
            "Names",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A translation into the French language."
      ],
      "id": "en-Gallicization-en-noun-viLW8-WJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "translation",
          "translation"
        ],
        [
          "French",
          "French"
        ],
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 32 68",
          "sense": "translation, a translation",
          "word": "Frenchification"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 32 68",
          "sense": "translation, a translation",
          "word": "francization"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 32 68",
          "sense": "translation, a translation",
          "word": "frenchifying"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Gallicization"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -ation",
    "English terms suffixed with -ization",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Ethnography",
    "en:France"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Gallicize",
        "3": "ation"
      },
      "expansion": "Gallicize + -ation",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "gaulois"
      },
      "expansion": "French gaulois",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Gallicizations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gallicization",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gallicisation",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gallicisation",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "Gallicization (countable and uncountable, plural Gallicizations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The Gallicization of Algeria—at least the cities on its northern coast—was a national project for over a century.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of Frenchification, the act or process of making French of more French-like, especially in formal and academic contexts."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Frenchification",
          "Frenchification#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "the act or process of making French of more French-like, especially in formal and academic contexts",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "Frenchification"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The act of translation into the French language."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "translation",
          "translation"
        ],
        [
          "French",
          "French"
        ],
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A translation into the French language."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "translation",
          "translation"
        ],
        [
          "French",
          "French"
        ],
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "translation, a translation",
      "word": "Frenchification"
    },
    {
      "sense": "translation, a translation",
      "word": "francization"
    },
    {
      "sense": "translation, a translation",
      "word": "frenchifying"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Gallicization"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Gallicization meaning in English (2.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.