English Explanatory Dictionary

gallicization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Gallicization.
noun
  1. Synonym of Frenchification, the act or process of making French of more French-like, especially in formal and academic contexts.
  2. The act of translation into the French language.
  3. A translation into the French language.

Word forms

gallicization gallicizations Gallicisation

Etymology

From Gallicize + -ation, from Gallic + -ize, from Gallicus (“of or relating to Gaul and the Gauls”), used archaistically in New Latin and English in reference to modern France and the French. Cf. French gaulois and gallicisme.

Synonyms

Frenchification francization frenchifying
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