francization

• Francization
• francisation, Francisation (non-Oxford British spelling)

From francize +‎ -ation.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌfɹɑːnsʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/

francization (uncountable)

1. The act of making French.
   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, page 99:

     But in Algeria, because a century and a quarter of francisation had destroyed the native cadres, there existed no ready-made interlocuteurs valables with whom Mendès-France could negotiate, if and when he so wished.

2. In Quebec, adaptation to French norms or the French language.
   • 1991, Paul-André Linteau, Québec since 1930, page 446:

     Francization of the workplace was an important element in language policy.

• frenchification, Frenchification
• frenchifying, Frenchifying (gerund)

• frenchify, Frenchify
• francise, francize (in Quebec; Oxford dictionary: )