"frenchify" meaning in English

See frenchify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃɪfaɪ/ Audio: frenchify US.ogg [US] Forms: frenchifies [present, singular, third-person], frenchifying [participle, present], frenchified [participle, past], frenchified [past], Frenchify [alternative]
enPR: frĕnch􂀽'ĭfī Etymology: From French + -ify. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|French|ify}} French + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} frenchify (third-person singular simple present frenchifies, present participle frenchifying, simple past and past participle frenchified)
  1. (transitive) To make French or more French-like in any way. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-frenchify-en-verb-mCMhwsdK Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ify, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Spanish translations, France Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 41 24 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 35 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 35 38 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 34 37 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 25 34 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 26 33 40 Disambiguation of France: 36 39 24
  2. (intransitive) To become French or more French-like. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-frenchify-en-verb-flVANTSm Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ify, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Spanish translations, France Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 41 24 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 35 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 35 38 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 34 37 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 25 34 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 26 33 40 Disambiguation of France: 36 39 24
  3. (transitive, uncommon) Synonym of gallicize, to translate into the French language. Tags: transitive, uncommon Synonyms: gallicize [synonym, synonym-of], to translate into the French language [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-frenchify-en-verb-hdxbG9dK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, France Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 11 70 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 41 24 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 28 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 35 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 35 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 24 30 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 25 31 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 24 30 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 25 32 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 25 30 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 24 30 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 24 30 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 30 46 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 34 37 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 24 30 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 24 30 46 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 30 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 24 29 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 24 30 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 23 28 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 24 30 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 24 30 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 23 29 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 24 30 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 25 34 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 24 30 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 24 34 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 24 30 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 23 29 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 24 30 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 24 30 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 26 33 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 24 30 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 24 30 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 24 30 46 Disambiguation of France: 36 39 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: francize, gallicize Derived forms: Frenchification Translations (to make French or more French-like): فَرْنَسَ (farnasa) (Arabic), пофренчвам (pofrenčvam) (Bulgarian), afrancesar (Catalan), francesitzar (Catalan), 法國化 /法国化 (Fǎguó huà) (Chinese Mandarin), forfranske (Danish), verfransen (Dutch), francigi (Esperanto), ranskalaistaa (Finnish), franciser (French), faire français (French), rendre français (French), afrancesar (Galician), აფრანგულებს (aprangulebs) (Georgian), გააფრანგულებს (gaaprangulebs) (Georgian), franzisieren (German), französisieren (German), französieren (German), γαλλοποιώ (gallopoió) (Greek), εκγαλλίζω (ekgallízo) (Greek), צִרְפֵת (tzirfét) (Hebrew), franciásít (Hungarian), elfranciásít (Hungarian), gallicizzare (Italian), francesizzare (Italian), infrancesare [literary] (Italian), フランス化する (Furansu-ka suru) (Japanese), フランス風にする (Furansu-fū ni suru) (Japanese), forfranske (Norwegian Bokmål), forfranske (Norwegian Nynorsk), forfranska (Norwegian Nynorsk), francizar (Occitan), sfrancuzić (Polish), sfrancuszczać (Polish), sfrancuszczyć (Polish), afrancesar (Portuguese), franțuzi (Romanian), franciza (Romanian), офранцу́зить (ofrancúzitʹ) (Russian), пофранцузити [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), pofrancuziti [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), afrancesar (Spanish), förfranska (Swedish), Pháp hóa (Vietnamese), Pháp hoá (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'to make French or more French-like': 46 43 11

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "ipa": "/ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃɪfaɪ/"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "farnasa",
      "sense": "to make French or more French-like",
      "word": "فَرْنَسَ"
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      "roman": "pofrenčvam",
      "sense": "to make French or more French-like",
      "word": "пофренчвам"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to make French or more French-like",
      "word": "afrancesar"
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      "sense": "to make French or more French-like",
      "word": "francesitzar"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "roman": "Fǎguó huà",
      "sense": "to make French or more French-like",
      "word": "法國化 /法国化"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "to make French or more French-like",
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
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      "sense": "to make French or more French-like",
      "word": "francigi"
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      "_dis1": "46 43 11",
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to make French or more French-like",
      "word": "ranskalaistaa"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to make French or more French-like",
      "word": "franciser"
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      "_dis1": "46 43 11",
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to make French or more French-like",
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      "_dis1": "46 43 11",
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to make French or more French-like",
      "word": "afrancesar"
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      "_dis1": "46 43 11",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "aprangulebs",
      "sense": "to make French or more French-like",
      "word": "აფრანგულებს"
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    {
      "_dis1": "46 43 11",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "roman": "gaaprangulebs",
      "sense": "to make French or more French-like",
      "word": "გააფრანგულებს"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 43 11",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "sense": "to make French or more French-like",
      "word": "franzisieren"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 43 11",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to make French or more French-like",
      "word": "französisieren"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 43 11",
      "code": "de",
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to make French or more French-like",
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      "code": "pl",
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    {
      "code": "pl",
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    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "sfrancuszczyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "to make French or more French-like",
      "word": "afrancesar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to make French or more French-like",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to make French or more French-like",
      "word": "förfranska"
    },
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "to make French or more French-like",
      "word": "Pháp hóa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "to make French or more French-like",
      "word": "Pháp hoá"
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}

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