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francisation

francisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of francization.

Meaning of francization

Noun

francization (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon except Quebec) Synonym of Frenchification (“the act or process of making or becoming more French, particularly in Quebecois contexts”).
    • 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.1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 99
    Synonyms:
    Frenchification
  2. (uncommon except Quebec) Synonym of Gallicization (“translation into French”).
    Synonyms:
    Gallicization

Noun capitalized: Francisation

Francisation (uncountable)

  1. (UK, nonstandard) Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of francization.

Questions about francisation

What is francisation the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Francisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of francization.
What part of speech is francisation?
Francisation is a noun.

Words near francisation in the dictionary

  1. Francine
  2. Francis
  3. Francis Joseph's Land
  4. Francis turbine
  5. Francis turbines
  6. francisation
  7. francisca
  8. Franciscan
  9. franciscana
  10. franciscanas
  11. Franciscanism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: francisation (page history and authors); Francisation (page history and authors); francization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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