English
Etymology
Altered and reinterpreted from French Francophonie, with semantic influence from Latin Franco- (“French”) + Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ), Franco- + -phone.
Pronunciation
Adjective
Francophone (not comparable)
- French-speaking.
Translations
French-speaking
- Belarusian: франкамо́ўны (frankamóŭny)
- Bulgarian: франкофо́нски (frankofónski)
- Catalan: francòfon
- Czech: frankofonní
- Danish: frankofon (da), fransksproget, fransktalende
- Dutch: Franstalig (nl)
- Esperanto: francparola
- Finnish: ranskankielinen (fi)
- French: francophone (fr)
- Galician: francófono
- Georgian: ფრანგულენოვანი (prangulenovani), ფრანკოფონიური (pranḳoponiuri)
- 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)
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Noun
Francophone (plural Francophones)
- A person who speaks French, especially as their mother tongue.
Translations
speaker of French
- Bulgarian: франкофо́н m (frankofón)
- 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
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