Gallicize

American  

[gal-uh-sahyz] / ˈgæl əˌsaɪz /

especially British, gallicise

verb (used with or without object)

Gallicized, Gallicizing

1. (sometimes lowercase) to make or become French in language, character, etc.

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Gallicize British  

/ ˈɡælɪˌsaɪz /

verb

1. to make or become French in attitude, language, etc

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Other Word Forms

• Gallicization noun
• Gallicizer noun

Etymology

Origin of Gallicize

1765–75; < Latin Gallic ( us ) Gallic + -ize

Example Sentences

Even more so, one must not try to Gallicize the name and ask for a Martini dry: this means a dry white vermouth made, if one is lucky, in Martini, Italy—and in the back room of the bar, if one is not.

From Slate

So long as you're going to work to gallicize yourself, pray make a thorough job of it.

From Project Gutenberg

Mix The New Masses and The New Yorker together, shake hard, Gallicize, move back a century to the time when to be Left in France was to be Republican, and you have something like La Caricature and its daily successor Le Charivari, the periodicals by which Honore Daumier earned 30 years' living, six months in jail, and undying fame as an artist.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gallicize it as you wish, make it smart and fashionable as you can.

From Project Gutenberg

His is the robust, Falstaffian humour of old England, which, I am glad to think, still exists in London and still pleases Londoners, in spite of efforts to Gallicize our entertainments and substitute obscenity and the salacious leer for honest fun and the frank roar of laughter.

From Project Gutenberg