frenchified
/ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃɪˌfaɪd/
frenchified is the alternative letter-case form of Frenchified.
frenchified is the past participle of frenchify.
Meaning of frenchify
Verb
frenchify (third-person singular simple present frenchifies, present participle frenchifying, simple past and past participle frenchified)
- 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".
- To become French or more French-like.
- This restaurant has frenchified.
- Synonym of gallicize, to translate into the French language.
- Synonyms:
- gallicize, to translate into the French language
Adjective capitalized: Frenchified
Frenchified (comparative more Frenchified, superlative most Frenchified)
- Made French or more French-like.
- This life, whose dreary superficiality is covered by the glitter of universal blague, like the stupid clowning of a harlequin by the spangles of a motley costume, induced in him a Frenchified—but most un-French—cosmopolitanism, in reality a mere barren indifferentism posing as intellectual...1904, Joseph Conrad, Nostromo, Part II, Chapter 3, page 168
- Having contracted a venereal disease.
Verb capitalized: Frenchified
Frenchified
- simple past and past participle of Frenchify
Forms of frenchified
| comparative | more frenchified |
|---|---|
| superlative | most frenchified |
| comparative | more Frenchified |
| superlative | most Frenchified |
| alternative form | frenchified |
Questions about frenchified
- What does frenchified mean?
- Frenchified means made French or more French-like.
- What is frenchified the alternative letter-case form of?
- Frenchified is the alternative letter-case form of Frenchified.
- What part of speech is frenchified?
- Frenchified can be an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce frenchified?
- Frenchified is pronounced /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃɪˌfaɪd/.
Words near frenchified in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: frenchified (page history and authors); Frenchified (page history and authors); frenchify (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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