Home › Words › F › frenchinessfrenchinessfrenchiness · noun — the state or quality of being or seeming characteristically French.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom Frenchy + -ness.nounThe state or quality of being or seeming characteristically French.e.g.“Pixie waved her hands with the Frenchiness of gesture which was the outcome of an education abroad, and which made an amusing contrast with an Irish accent, unusually pronounced.” — 1914, Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey, The Love Affairs of Pixie, The Religious Tract Society, page 13:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.frenchism 74% match — A custom peculiar to France. vs frenchiness →parisianness 73% match — The quality of being Parisian. vs frenchiness →frenchlike 69% match — Resembling the French or their customs or language. vs frenchiness →frenchify 68% match — To make French or more French-like in any way. vs frenchiness →frenchily 68% match — In an exaggeratedly French manner. vs frenchiness →frenchifying 67% match — Frenchification vs frenchiness →flemishness 66% match — The quality of being Flemish. vs frenchiness →frenchy 65% match — With an exaggerated French manner. vs frenchiness →