"francize" meaning in English

See francize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɹænsaɪz/, /ˈfɹɑːnsaɪz/ Forms: francizes [present, singular, third-person], francizing [participle, present], francized [participle, past], francized [past], Francize [alternative]
Etymology: From French franciser (“to frenchify”), from France + -iser. Equivalent to France + -ize. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|franciser||to frenchify}} French franciser (“to frenchify”), {{suffix|en|France|ize}} France + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} francize (third-person singular simple present francizes, present participle francizing, simple past and past participle francized)
  1. (transitive) Synonym of frenchify, to make French or more French-like. Tags: transitive Synonyms: frenchify [synonym, synonym-of], to make French or more French-like [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-francize-en-verb-yQoJOjzj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Ethnography Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ethnography: 50 50
  2. (intransitive) Synonym of frenchify, to become French or more French-like. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: frenchify [synonym, synonym-of], to become French or more French-like [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-francize-en-verb-JC5zXXrN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Ethnography Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ethnography: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: francization
Categories (other): France Disambiguation of France: 0 0

Inflected forms

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