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verb (used with object), French·i·fied, French·i·fy·ing. (often lowercase)
- to make (something or someone) resemble the French, as in manners, customs, or dress: to Frenchify the spelling of one’s name.
verb -fies, -fying or -fied
- informal to make or become French in appearance, behaviour, etc
1590s, from French + -ify. Usually contemptuous (e.g. Richardson in his introduction to “Pamela,” beseeching the editor not to “Frenchify our English solidity into froth and whip-syllabub”). Related: Frenchified; Frenchifying.