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Frenchification

Noun

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The act or process of making French or more French-like, especially in informal contexts.
The "frenchification" of the shopping district is complete: every shop has been redone in a Haussmannian style and baguettes, wine, and accordian music are inescapable.

(slang) Something that has undergone frenchification, something that has frenchified and made more French-like.
The ubiquitous café is just a frenchification of the old English coffeehouse, providing the ambiance of peaceful al fresco dining without actually moving any chairs outdoors.

Synonym of Gallicization, translation into French or a French translation.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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However, a more important cause for the Frenchification was the language change over several generations from Dutch to French that was performed in Brussels by the Flemish people themselves. Source: Internet

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