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Francophone
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francophone
English
Alternative forms
en francophone
Etymology
Altered and reinterpreted from en fr Francophonie, with semantic influence from en la Franco- French + en grc φωνή, en Franco- -phone.
Pronunciation
en /ˈfɹæŋkɒfəʊn/ RP
en /ˈfɹæŋkəˌfoʊ̯n/ [ˈfɹɛə̯ŋkʰəˌfoʊ̯n]<a:æ-raising> US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Francophone.wav US
Adjective
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French-speaking.
Translations
French-speaking
Azerbaijani: az fransızdilli
Belarusian: be франкамо́ўны
Bengali: bn ফরাসিভাষী
Bulgarian: bg франкофо́нски, bg фре́нскогово́рещ
Catalan: ca francòfon
Czech: cs frankofonní
Danish: da frankofon, da fransksproget, da fransktalende
Dutch: nl Franstalig
Esperanto: eo francparola
Finnish: fi ranskankielinen
French: fr francophone
Galician: gl francófono
Georgian: ka ფრანგულენოვანი, ka ფრანკოფონიური
German: de französischsprachig, de frankofon, de frankophon, de Französisch sprechend, de französischsprechend
Greek: el γαλλόφωνος
Hungarian: hu frankofón
Icelandic: is frönskumælandi
Italian: it francofono
Macedonian: mk франкофо́нски
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb frankofon, nb franskspråklig, nb fransktalende
Nynorsk: nn frankofon, nn franskspråkleg, nn fransktalande
Polish: pl francuskojęzyczny
Portuguese: pt francófono
Russian: ru франкоговоря́щий, ru франкоязы́чный, ru французскоязы́чный
Spanish: es francófono
Swedish: sv franskspråkig, sv fransktalande, sv frankofon
Turkish: tr Frankofon
Ukrainian: uk франкомо́вний, uk французькомо́вний
Noun
A person who speaks French, especially as their mother tongue.
Translations
speaker of French
Bengali: bn ফরাসিভাষী
Bulgarian: bg франкофо́н m
Catalan: ca francòfon m, ca francòfona f
Dutch: nl Franstalige m f
Esperanto: eo francparolanto, eo franclingvano
Finnish: fi ranskankielinen as mother tongue; fi ranskantaitoinen as foreign language
French: fr francophone m f
Galician: gl francófono m, gl francófona f
German: de Frankofoner m, de Frankofone f, de Frankophoner m, de Frankophone f
Greek: el γαλλόφωνος m
Hungarian: hu frankofón
Irish: ga Frainciseoir m, ga cainteoir Fraincise m
Italian: it francofono m, it francofona f
Latin: la Francophonus m, la Francophona f
Macedonian: mk франкофо́н m
Portuguese: pt francófono m, pt francófona f
Russian: ru франкоговоря́щий m, ru франкоязы́чный m, ru франкофо́н m
Spanish: es francohablante m f, es francófono m, es francófona f
Swedish: sv franskspråkig, sv fransktalande, sv frankofon
Turkish: tr Frankofon
Related terms
en Francophonic
en Francophonie
en Francophony
See also
References
en France