فرنس

Arabic

Etymology

From فَرَنْسَا‎ (faransā, “France”), with the first quadriliteral conjugation implying the bestowing of a particular quality. Compare أَمْرَكَ‎ (ʔamraka, “to Americanize, to make American”)، أَلْمَنَ‎ (ʔalmana, “to Germanize, to make German”), عَرَّبَ‎ (ʕarraba, “to Arabize, to make Arab”), تَرَّكَ‎ (tarraka, “to Turkify, to make Turkish”), هَوَّدَ‎ (hawwada, “to Judaize, to make Jewish”).

Verb

فَرْنَسَ • (farnasa) Iq, non-past يُفَرْنِسُ‎‎ (yufarnisu)

  1. To gallicize, to make French

Conjugation

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