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Anglophone
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anglophone
English
Alternative forms
en anglophone
Etymology
From en Anglo phone.
Pronunciation
ăn'glə-fōn RP, en /ˈæŋɡləˌfəʊn/
ăn'glə-fōn GA, en /ˈæŋɡləˌfoʊn/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Anglophone.wav US
en /ˈeɪŋɡləˌfoʊn/ Canada
Adjective
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English-speaking.
en the Anglophone media
en 2012 Raymond Hickey Areal Features of the Anglophone World 79 Walter de Gruyter GmbH 978-3-11-027884-2 Ireland is an unusual anglophone location in that it is an island of some size with a population large enough for internal dialectal variation. It can be compared in this respect with Newfoundland and possibly with Jamaica and New Zealand (two islands, of course). Other anglophone locations are either much larger (United States, Canada, South Africa, Australia) or so small that an internal differentiation of varieties is not recognisable, cf. the many anglophone islands of the Caribbean as well as such islands as Malta or Tristan da Cunha.
Translations
English-speaking
Armenian: hy անգլիախոս
Belarusian: be англамо́ўны, be ангельскамо́ўны
Bulgarian: bg а́нглогово́рещ, bg англофо́нски
Catalan: ca anglòfon
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 操英語的 cāo Yīngyǔ de
Cornish kw Sowsneger
Czech: cs anglofonní, cs anglojazyčný
Danish: da engelsksproget, da engelsktalende
Dutch: nl Engelssprekende, nl Engelstalig
Esperanto: eo anglaparola
Finnish: fi englanninkielinen
French: fr anglophone
Galician: gl anglofalante
Georgian: ka ინგლისურენოვანი
German: de englischsprachig, de anglophon
Hungarian: hu angolul beszélő, hu angol ajkú, hu angol nyelvű
Italian: it anglofono
Lithuanian: lt anglakal̃bis
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb engelskspråklig, nb engelsktalende
Nynorsk: nn engelskspråkleg, nn engelsktalande
Persian: fa انگلیسیزبان engelisi-zabân
Polish: pl angielskojęzyczny, pl anglojęzyczny
Portuguese: pt anglófono, pt anglofalante
Romanian: ro anglofon
Russian: ru англоговоря́щий, ru англоязы́чный
Slovak: sk anglojazyčný
Spanish: es angloparlante, es anglohablante, es anglófono
Swedish: sv engelskspråkig, sv engelsktalande
Ukrainian: uk англомо́вний
Welsh: cy Saesneg
Noun
One who speaks English, generally natively.
en 1953 Gérin-Lajoie Diane Youth, Language, and Identity 978-1-55130-395-6 15 Canadian Scholars' Press Inc. Toronto When we consider the situation of Anglophones in Quebec, we quickly realize that the vitality of this group depends upon its geographical location. In and around Montreal, Anglophones have good access to English-language resources and services. They also have their own institutions, although French is now part of these institutions. Anglophones living in and around Montreal are better served in their language than anywhere else in the province.
Derived terms
en Anglo (Canadian: an English speaker)
en angloversal
Translations
one who speaks English
Catalan: ca anglòfon m, ca anglòfona f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 講英語的人 jiǎng Yīngyǔ-de rén
Dutch: nl Engelssprekende m f
Esperanto: eo anglaparolanto, eo anglalingvano
Finnish: fi englanninpuhuja
French: fr anglophone m f
Galician: gl anglofalante m f
German: de Englischsprecher m, de Englischsprecherin f, de Englischsprachiger m, de Englischsprachige f
Greek: el αγγλόφωνος
Irish: ga Béarlóir m
Italian: it anglofono m, it anglofona f
Japanese: ja 英語話者 えいごわしゃ, Eigo-washa
Latin: la Anglophona f, la Anglophonus m
Lithuanian: lt anglakal̃bis m, lt anglakal̃bė f
Persian: fa انگلیسیزبان engelisi-zabân
Polish: pl anglofon m
Portuguese: pt anglófono m, pt anglófona f, pt anglofalante m f
Romanian: ro anglofon m
Russian: ru англоговоря́щий m, ru англоязы́чный m
Spanish: es anglohablante m f, es angloparlante m f, es anglófono m, es anglófona f
Swedish: sv engelskspråkig, sv engelsktalande
Volapük: vo Linglänapükan
Related terms
Anglophonic
en Anglosphere
See also
en English People