单词 | frenchize |
释义 | Frenchizev. transitive. To cause to become like the French; to translate (language) into French. Also: to adapt (something) to suit French style or custom. Occasionally intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [verb (transitive)] > French > turn into Frenchize1616 1616 J. Deacon Tobacco Tortured 10 So many of our English-mens minds are thus..fearefully Frenchized with filthy prostitutions;..thus industriously Indianized with the intoxicating filthie fumes of Tobacco, and what not besides? 1849 Graham's Mag. Apr. 232/1 I shall not twist the English language out of all shape and comeliness; I shall not Germanize and Frenchize and Italianize. 1887 Athenæum 26 Mar. 421/2 Kill-devil (Frenchized into guildive). 1887 F. J. Furnivall R. Mannyng's Chron. Wace (Rolls) I. 2 (margin) Master Wace frenchized all the Latin Brute till Cadwallader's time. 1905 N.Y. Times 31 Mar. 8/7 Has any nationality a right to Irishize, Germanize, Frenchize, or even Englishize our text-books? 1994 Playback (Nexis) 4 July 29 Ferns is ‘Frenchizing’ his let's-make-a-deal session and taking it on the road for the first time this year, to mipcom in Cannes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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