frenchize

transitive verb, often capitalized

french·ize | \ -ˌchīz\

-ed/-ing/-s

Definition of frenchize

: frenchify especially : to alter in linguistic or literary form to approximate that of the French language “riding coat” frenchized to “redingote”

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