gentrify

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛn.tɹɪ.faɪ/
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Verb

gentrify (third-person singular simple present gentrifies, present participle gentrifying, simple past and past participle gentrified)

(transitive) To renovate or improve something, especially housing or district, to make it more appealing to the middle classes (often with the negative association of pricing out existing residents).

Derived terms

Translations

to renovate something, especially housing to make more appealing to the middle classes

Catalan: gentrificar (ca)
Danish: gentrificere
Finnish: keskiluokkaistaa
French: embourgeoiser (fr)
German: gentrifizieren (de)
Hungarian: dzsentrifikál
Italian: gentrificare
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gentrifisere
Portuguese: gentrificar (pt)
Spanish: gentrificar (es)
Swedish: gentrifiera (sv)

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