Frenchify

English

Etymology

From French + -i- + -fy.

Pronunciation

• enPR: frĕnchʹĭfī, IPA: /ˈfrɛntʃɪfaɪ/, X-SAMPA: /"frEntSIfaI/

Verb

Frenchify (third-person singular simple present Frenchifies, present participle Frenchifying, simple past and past participle Frenchified)

1. (transitive) To make (something) more French in appearance or character.

   This café likes to Frenchify the names of its dishes to make them sound better than they actually are — they call their fish and chips "poisson-frites".

2. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought): (intransitive) To become more French.

Translations

• French: franciser (fr)
• Swedish: förfranska (sv)
• Turkish: Fransızcalaştırmak, Fransızlaştırmak (transitive), Fransızcalaşmak, Fransızlaşmak (intransitive)

Derived terms

• Frenchified