"frenchify" meaning in English

See frenchify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃɪfaɪ/ Audio: frenchify US.ogg Forms: frenchifies [present, singular, third-person], frenchifying [participle, present], frenchified [participle, past], frenchified [past]
enPR: frĕnchʹĭfī 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): Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 34 34 32
  2. (intransitive) To become French or more French-like. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-frenchify-en-verb-flVANTSm Categories (other): Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 34 34 32
  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] Translations (Translations): فَرْنَسَ (farnasa) (Arabic), пофренчвам (pofrenčvam) (Bulgarian), afrancesar (Catalan), forfranske (Danish), verfransen (Dutch), francigi (Esperanto), franciser (French), faire français (French), franzisieren (German), französisieren (German), französieren (German), franciásít (Hungarian), elfranciásít (Hungarian), gallicizzare (Italian), フランス化する (furansu-ka-suru) (Japanese), forfranske (Norwegian Bokmål), afrancesar (Portuguese), afrancesar (Spanish), Pháp hóa (Vietnamese), Pháp hoá (Vietnamese)
    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 French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 7 64 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 28 15 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 14 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 14 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 7 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 22 7 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 19 10 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 17 7 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 18 10 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 21 12 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 17 7 75 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 34 34 32 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 19 8 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 14 6 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 8 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 17 8 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 7 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 9 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 17 7 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 17 7 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 17 7 76 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 36 0 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: francize, gallicize, Frenchify Derived forms: frenchification

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Pháp hoá"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frenchify"
}

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