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frenchifies

frenchifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of frenchify.

Meaning of frenchify

Verb

frenchify (third-person singular simple present frenchifies, present participle frenchifying, simple past and past participle frenchified)

  1. (transitive) 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. (intransitive) To become French or more French-like.
    • This restaurant has frenchified.
  3. (transitive, uncommon) Synonym of gallicize, to translate into the French language.
    Synonyms:
    gallicize, to translate into the French language

Verb capitalized: Frenchifies

Frenchifies

  1. (indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of Frenchify

Questions about frenchifies

What is frenchifies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Frenchifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of frenchify.
What part of speech is frenchifies?
Frenchifies is a verb.

Words near frenchifies in the dictionary

  1. Frenchies
  2. Frenchiest
  3. Frenchification
  4. Frenchifications
  5. frenchified
  6. frenchifies
  7. frenchify
  8. frenchifying
  9. Frenchiko
  10. Frenchily
  11. Frenchiness

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