anglaiser

A rare, less standard verb close in meaning to angliciser — to give something an English or British character. Learners are far better served knowing angliciser, the far more common and standard form.

• Son séjour à Londres l'a beaucoup anglaisé. — His stay in London gave him quite an English touch.
• Ce style de jardin s'est anglaisé au fil des rénovations. — This garden style became more English-looking over the course of the renovations.
• On dit parfois "anglaiser" un mot pour décrire une prononciation forcée à l'anglaise. — People sometimes say a word is "anglaisé" to describe a forced English-style pronunciation.

Learners should default to angliciser, the standard and far more common form — anglaiser is a rarer, less standard variant a native speaker is less likely to use.

Often confused with angliciser.