frenchify
/ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃɪfaɪ/verb
frenchify is a verb meaning “To make French or more French-like in any way” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-E-N-C-H-I-F-Y.
What does frenchify mean?
verb
- 1
To make French or more French-like in any way.
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
To become French or more French-like.
This restaurant has frenchified.
- 3
Synonym of gallicize, to translate into the French language.
verb
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of frenchify, to make or become more French.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce frenchify?
- /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃɪfaɪ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: Frenchify_US.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of frenchify
- frenchifies present, singular, he/she/it
- frenchifying participle, present
- frenchified participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Frenchify in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to make French or more French-like:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | franciser, faire français, rendre français |
| German | franzisieren, französisieren, französieren |
| Portuguese | afrancesar |
| Spanish | afrancesar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does frenchify come from?
From French + -ify.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).