Francophone

See also: francophone

English

Alternative forms

francophone

Etymology

Altered and reinterpreted from French Francophonie, with semantic influence from Latin Franco- (“French”) + Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ), Franco- +‎ -phone

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹæŋkɒfəʊn/

Adjective

Francophone (not comparable)

French-speaking.

Translations

French-speaking

Catalan: francòfon
Dutch: Franstalig (nl)
Esperanto: francparola
Finnish: ranskankielinen (fi)
French: francophone (fr)
German: französischsprachig (de), frankofon, frankophon (de), Französisch sprechend, französischsprechend
Greek: γαλλόφωνος (el) (gallófonos)
Hungarian: frankofón

Icelandic: frönskumælandi
Italian: francofono (it)
Macedonian: франкофонски (frankofónski)
Portuguese: francófono (pt)
Russian: франкоговоря́щий (ru) (frankogovorjáščij), франкоязы́чный (ru) (frankojazýčnyj)
Spanish: francófono (es)
Swedish: franskspråkig (sv), fransktalande (sv)
Turkish: Frankofon

Noun

Francophone (plural Francophones)

A person who speaks French, especially as their mother tongue.

Translations

speaker of French

Catalan: francòfon m
Dutch: Franstalige (nl) m or f
Esperanto: francparolanto, franclingvano
Finnish: ranskankielinen (fi) (as mother tongue); ranskantaitoinen (as foreign language)
French: francophone (fr)
German: Frankofoner m, Frankophoner m, Frankofone f, Frankophone f
Greek: γαλλόφωνος (el) m (gallófonos)
Hungarian: frankofón

Irish: Frainciseoir m
Italian: Francofono?, -ante
Latin: Francophona f, Francophonus m
Macedonian: франкофон m (frankofón)
Portuguese: francófono (pt) m
Russian: франкоговоря́щий (ru) m (frankogovorjáščij), франкоязы́чный (ru) m (frankojazýčnyj), франкофо́н (ru) m (frankofón)
Spanish: francohablante m or f, francófono (es) m
Turkish: Frankofon

Related terms

See also

Francophone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

“Francophone” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.

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