<sod>'''Francization''' or '''Francisation''' (in [[Canadian English]] and [[American English]]), '''Frenchification''' (in [[British English|British]] and also in [[American English]]), or '''Gallicization''' designates the extension of the French language by its adoption as a first language or not, adoption that can be forced or desired by the concerned population.<ref>http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/francisé {{fr icon}}</ref><ref>''Dictionnaire Général Et Grammatical, Des Dictionnaires Français'', Tome 2°, 1851.</ref><ref>''Nouveau Vocabulaire Français, Où L'on A Suivi L'orthographe Adoptée''.</ref><ref>''Le Québécois - Dictionnaires et Langues''.</ref><eod>
<sod>'''Francization''' or '''Francisation''' (in [[Canadian English]] and [[American English]]), '''Frenchification''' (in [[British English|British]] and also in [[American English]]), or '''Gallicization''' designates the extension of the French language by its adoption as a first language or not, adoption that can be forced upon or desired by the concerned population.<ref>http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/francisé {{fr icon}}</ref><ref>''Dictionnaire Général Et Grammatical, Des Dictionnaires Français'', Tome 2°, 1851.</ref><ref>''Nouveau Vocabulaire Français, Où L'on A Suivi L'orthographe Adoptée''.</ref><ref>''Le Québécois - Dictionnaires et Langues''.</ref><eod>