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: franskspråkig (sv), fransktalande (sv), frankofon Turkish: Frankofon Ukrainian: франкомо́вний (frankomóvnyj), французько́мовний m (francuzjkomóvnyj)

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 (it) 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 Swedish: franskspråkig (sv), fransktalande (sv), frankofon 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.