verb
- making something French in character, style, or language; adopting or adapting French customs, words, or manners
Usage: present participle of gallicize; formal or literary
Examples
- The chef was gallicizing the traditional recipe by adding French techniques and ingredients.
- Scholars noted that the court was gallicizing its customs during the 18th century.
- By gallicizing the menu, the restaurant attracted a more sophisticated clientele.
- The writer criticized the tendency of gallicizing English vocabulary with unnecessary French words.
- The aristocracy spent decades gallicizing their estates and estates in imitation of Versailles.