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)

1. French-speaking.

Translations

French-speaking

• Belarusian: франкамо́ўны (frankamóŭny)
• Catalan: francòfon
• Czech: frankofonní
• Danish: frankofon (da), fransksproget, fransktalende
• Dutch: Franstalig (nl)
• Esperanto: francparola
• Finnish: ranskankielinen (fi)
• French: francophone (fr)
• Galician: francófono
• German: französischsprachig (de), frankofon, frankophon (de), Französisch sprechend, französischsprechend
• Greek: γαλλόφωνος (el) (gallófonos)
• Hungarian: frankofón
• Icelandic: frönskumælandi
• Italian: francofono (it)
• Macedonian: франкофо́нски (frankofónski)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: frankofon, franskspråklig, fransktalende

  Nynorsk: frankofon, franskspråkleg, fransktalande

• Polish: francuskojęzyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: francófono (pt)
• Russian: франкоговоря́щий (ru) (frankogovorjáščij), франкоязы́чный (ru) (frankojazýčnyj)
• Spanish: francófono (es)
• Swedish: frankofon, franskspråkig (sv), fransktalande (sv)
• Turkish: Frankofon
• Ukrainian: франкомо́вний (frankomóvnyj)

Noun

Francophone (plural Francophones)

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

Translations

speaker of French

• Catalan: francòfon m, francòfona f
• Dutch: Franstalige (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: francparolanto, franclingvano
• Finnish: ranskankielinen (fi) (as mother tongue); ranskantaitoinen (as foreign language)
• French: francophone (fr) m or f
• Galician: francófono m, francófona f
• German: Frankofoner m, Frankofone f, Frankophoner m, Frankophone f
• Greek: γαλλόφωνος (el) m (gallófonos)
• Hungarian: frankofón
• Irish: Frainciseoir m, cainteoir Fraincise m
• Italian: francofono (it) m, francofona f
• Latin: Francophonus m, Francophona f
• Macedonian: франкофо́н m (frankofón)
• Portuguese: francófono (pt) m, francófona f
• Russian: франкоговоря́щий (ru) m (frankogovorjáščij), франкоязы́чный (ru) m (frankojazýčnyj), франкофо́н (ru) m (frankofón)
• Spanish: francohablante m or f, francófono (es) m, francófona (es) f
• Turkish: Frankofon

Related terms

• Francophonic
• Francophonie
• Francophony

See also

• Francophone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

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