lusofonia

Portuguese

Etymology

From luso- +‎ -fonia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lu.zo.foˈni.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lu.zo.foˈni.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /lu.zo.foˈni.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lu.zu.fuˈni.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: lu‧so‧fo‧ni‧a

Noun

lusofonia f (plural lusofonias)

1. Lusosphere; Lusophony (places where Portuguese is spoken, taken as a whole)

Coordinate terms

• anglofonia, francofonia, hispanofonia

Further reading

• “lusofonia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “lusofonia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026