Frenchify
English
Alternative forms
- frenchify
Pronunciation
- enPR: frĕnchʹĭfī, IPA(key): /ˈfɹɛntʃɪfaɪ/
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Verb
Frenchify (third-person singular simple present Frenchifies, present participle Frenchifying, simple past and past participle Frenchified)
- (transitive) To make (something) (more) French in appearance, form, character or manners.
- 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".
- (intransitive) To become (more) French.
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought):
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