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Francization
francization
francization
See also: Francization
English
Alternative forms
- Francization
- francisation, Francisation (non-Oxford British spelling)
Noun
francization (uncountable)
- The act of making French.
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, page 99:
- But in Algeria, because a century and a quarter of francisation had destroyed the native cadres, there existed no ready-made interlocuteurs valables with whom Mendès-France could negotiate, if and when he so wished.
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, page 99:
- In Quebec, adaptation to French norms or the French language.
- 1991, Paul-André Linteau, Québec since 1930, page 446:
- Francization of the workplace was an important element in language policy.
- 1991, Paul-André Linteau, Québec since 1930, page 446: