Frenchified

See also: frenchified

English

Alternative forms

• frenchified

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃɪˌfaɪd/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Adjective

Frenchified (comparative more Frenchified, superlative most Frenchified)

1. Made French or more French-like.
   • 1904, Joseph Conrad, Nostromo, Part II, Chapter 3, page 168:

     This life, whose dreary superficiality is covered by the glitter of universal blague, like the stupid clowning of a harlequin by the spangles of a motley costume, induced in him a Frenchified—but most un-French—cosmopolitanism, in reality a mere barren indifferentism posing as intellectual superiority.

2. (slang) Having contracted a venereal disease.

Translations

made French or more French-like

• Finnish: ranskalaistettu, ranskalaistunut
• French: francisé (fr)
• Italian: infrancesato (it)
• Polish: sfrancuziały
• Portuguese: afrancesado (pt)
• Romanian: franțuzit (ro)
• Spanish: afrancesado (es)

Verb

Frenchified

1. simple past and past participle of Frenchify

See also

• fireship