Lusophone

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See also: lusophone

English

WOTD – 3 December 2011

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese lusófono (“Portuguese-speaking”), from Lusitania (“the Roman province in what is now Portugal”), in the form of Luso- +‎ -phone.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈluːsəˌfəʊn/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈlusəˌfoʊn/

Adjective

Lusophone (not comparable)

  1. (of a person) Portuguese-speaking.
  2. (of a place) Portuguese-speaking.

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Noun

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Lusophone (plural Lusophones)

  1. A Portuguese speaker.

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