Frenchification

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From Frenchify +‎ -ation, from French + -ify.

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Frenchification (countable and uncountable, plural Frenchifications)

  1. The act or process of making French or more French-like, especially in informal contexts.
    The "frenchification" of the shopping district is complete: every shop has been redone in a Haussmannian style and baguettes, wine, and accordian music are inescapable.
  2. (slang) Something that has undergone frenchification, something that has frenchified and made more French-like.
    The ubiquitous café is just a frenchification of the old English coffeehouse, providing the ambiance of peaceful al fresco dining without actually moving any chairs outdoors.
  3. Synonym of Gallicization, translation into French or a French translation.

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