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gallicise

gallicise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of gallicize.

Meaning of gallicize

Verb

gallicize (third-person singular simple present gallicizes, present participle gallicizing, simple past and past participle gallicized)

  1. (transitive) Synonym of frenchify, to make French or more French-like.
    Synonyms:
    frenchify, to make French or more French-like
  2. (intransitive) Synonym of frenchify, to become French or more French-like.
    Synonyms:
    frenchify, to become French or more French-like
  3. (transitive) To translate into the French language.

Verb capitalized: Gallicise

Gallicise (third-person singular simple present Gallicises, present participle Gallicising, simple past and past participle Gallicised)

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of gallicise.

Forms of gallicise

third-person singular presentgallicises
present participlegallicising
past participlegallicised
pastgallicised
third-person singular presentGallicises
present participleGallicising
past participleGallicised
pastGallicised

Questions about gallicise

What is gallicise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Gallicise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of gallicize.
What part of speech is gallicise?
Gallicise is a verb.
What is the past tense of gallicise?
The past tense of gallicise is gallicised.

Words near gallicise in the dictionary

  1. gallichons
  2. gallichrome
  3. gallicide
  4. gallicisation
  5. gallicisations
  6. gallicise
  7. gallicised
  8. gallicises
  9. gallicising
  10. gallicism
  11. gallicisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gallicise (page history and authors); Gallicise (page history and authors); gallicize (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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