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Frenchification

Definitions

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  • noun impolite, slang The act of Frenchifying.
  • noun impolite, slang Something Frenchified.

Etymologies

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French + -ification

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Examples

  • 'Frenchification' in Quebec in small - and medium-sized business.

    Macleans.ca 2009

  • Food critics have seized on this culinary cross-pollination, calling it a "Frenchification," which is barely code for "inauthentic rubbish."

    The New Spice Trade Bruce Palling 2011

  • Yes, it was definitely Frenchification by default.

    languagehat.com: BEIZHING. 2005

  • Frenchification: an example of the other side of this coin was a lesson with our French assistant in sixth form college.

    caramel shoe shoe 2005

  • Wampum has an interesting suggestion for further de-Frenchification of the House of Representatives.

    February 2003 ~ Angry Bear 2003

  • Wampum has an interesting suggestion for further de-Frenchification of the House of Representatives.

    March 2003 ~ Angry Bear 2003

  • Wampum has an interesting suggestion for further de-Frenchification of the House of Representatives.

    February 2003 ~ Angry Bear 2003

  • Wampum has an interesting suggestion for further de-Frenchification of the House of Representatives.

    March 2003 ~ Angry Bear 2003

  • Wampum has an interesting suggestion for further de-Frenchification of the House of Representatives.

    March 2003 ~ Angry Bear 2003

  • Another feature of Talon's relations with the clergy and religious communities -- and a pleasant one this time -- was his strong interest in the francisation (Frenchification) of the Indians.

    The Great Intendant : A chronicle of Jean Talon in Canada, 1665-1672 Thomas Chapais 1902

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