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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹæŋkɒfəʊn/

Adjective

Francophone (not comparable)

1. 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
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• Icelandic: frönskumælandi
• Italian: francofono (it)
• Macedonian: франкофо́нски (frankofónski)
• Polish: francuskojęzyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: francófono (pt)
• Russian: франкоговоря́щий (ru) (frankogovorjáščij), франкоязы́чный (ru) (frankojazýčnyj)
• Spanish: francófono (es)
• Swedish: franskspråkig (sv), fransktalande (sv)
• Turkish: Frankofon

Noun

Francophone (plural Francophones)

1. 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) m or f
• German: Frankofoner m, Frankophoner m, Frankofone f, Frankophone f
• Greek: γαλλόφωνος (el) m (gallófonos)
• Hungarian: frankofón
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• Irish: Frainciseoir m
• Italian: francofono (it) m
• Latin: Francophona f, Francophonus m
• Macedonian: франкофо́н 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

• Francophonic
• Francophonie

See also

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References

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