What does frenchify mean?
Definitions for frenchify
ˈfrɛn tʃəˌfaɪfrenchi·fy
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Princeton's WordNet
Frenchifyverb
make French in appearance or character
"let's Frenchify the restaurant and charge more money"
Frenchifyverb
become French in appearance or character
"This restaurant has Frenchified"
Wiktionary
Frenchifyverb
To make (something) more French in appearance or character.
This cafu00E9 likes to Frenchify the names of its dishes to make them sound better than they actually are uE000153841uE001 they call their fish and chips "poisson-frites".
Frenchifyverb
To become more French.
Etymology: From French + -i- + -fy.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Frenchifyverb
To infect with the manner of France; to make a coxcomb.
Etymology: from French.
They misliked nothing more in king Edward the Confessor than that he was Frenchified; and accounted the desire of foreign language then to be a foretoken of bringing in foreign powers, which indeed happened. William Camden, Remains.
Has he familiarly dislik’d
Your yellow starch, or said your doublet
Was not exactly Frenchified. William Shakespeare, As you like it.
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frenchify
To Frenchify means to make something more French in nature, character or style, either by adapting it to French taste or customs, translating it into French language, or by adopting French mannerisms or qualities. This term is often used in cultural, linguistic, social, or aesthetic contexts.
Webster Dictionary
Frenchifyverb
to make French; to infect or imbue with the manners or tastes of the French; to Gallicize
Etymology: [French + -fy.]
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The numerical value of frenchify in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
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The numerical value of frenchify in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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