Standard Lemma guide

Anglophone

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: ăn'glə-fōn
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæŋɡləˌfəʊn/
  • General-American: ăn'glə-fōn
  • General-American: /ˈæŋɡləˌfoʊn/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada: /ˈeɪŋɡləˌfoʊn/
  • CMU ARPABET: AE1 N G L AH0 F OW2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

English-speaking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • the Anglophone media

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of Anglophone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

One who speaks English, generally natively.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Alternative letter-case form of Anglophone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Anglo- + -phone.

Across languages

Translations

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: անգլիախոս (angliaxos) — English-speaking
  • Belarusian: англамо́ўны (anhlamówny) — English-speaking
  • Belarusian: ангельскамо́ўны (anhjelʹskamówny) — English-speaking
  • Bulgarian: а́нглогово́рещ (ánglogovórešt) — English-speaking
  • Bulgarian: англофо́нски (anglofónski) — English-speaking
  • Catalan: anglòfon — English-speaking
  • Chinese Mandarin: 操英語的 /操英语的 (cāo Yīngyǔ de) — English-speaking
  • Czech: anglofonní — English-speaking
  • Czech: anglojazyčný — English-speaking
  • Danish: engelsksproget — English-speaking
  • Danish: engelsktalende — English-speaking
  • Dutch: Engelssprekende — English-speaking
  • Dutch: Engelstalig — English-speaking
  • Esperanto: anglaparola — English-speaking
  • Finnish: englanninkielinen — English-speaking
  • French: anglophone — English-speaking
  • Galician: anglofalante — English-speaking
  • Georgian: ინგლისურენოვანი (inglisurenovani) — English-speaking
  • German: englischsprachig — English-speaking
  • German: anglophon — English-speaking
  • Hungarian: angolul beszélő — English-speaking
  • Hungarian: angol ajkú — English-speaking
  • Hungarian: angol nyelvű — English-speaking
  • Italian: anglofono — English-speaking
  • Lithuanian: anglakal̃bis — English-speaking
  • Norwegian Bokmål: engelskspråklig — English-speaking
  • Norwegian Bokmål: engelsktalende — English-speaking
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: engelskspråkleg — English-speaking
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: engelsktalande — English-speaking
  • Persian: انگلیسیزبان (engelisi-zabân) — English-speaking
  • Polish: angielskojęzyczny — English-speaking
  • Polish: anglojęzyczny — English-speaking
  • Portuguese: anglófono — English-speaking
  • Portuguese: anglofalante — English-speaking
  • Romanian: anglofon — English-speaking
  • Russian: англоговоря́щий (anglogovorjáščij) — English-speaking
  • Russian: англоязы́чный (anglojazýčnyj) — English-speaking
  • Slovak: anglojazyčný — English-speaking
  • Spanish: angloparlante — English-speaking
  • Spanish: anglohablante — English-speaking
  • Spanish: anglófono — English-speaking
  • Swedish: engelskspråkig — English-speaking
  • Swedish: engelsktalande — English-speaking
  • Ukrainian: англомо́вний (anhlomóvnyj) — English-speaking
  • Welsh: Saesneg — English-speaking
  • Catalan: anglòfon — one who speaks English
  • Catalan: anglòfona — one who speaks English
  • Chinese Mandarin: 講英語的人 /讲英语的人 (jiǎng Yīngyǔ-de rén) — one who speaks English
  • Dutch: Engelssprekende — one who speaks English
  • Esperanto: anglaparolanto — one who speaks English
  • Esperanto: anglalingvano — one who speaks English
  • Finnish: englanninpuhuja — one who speaks English
  • French: anglophone — one who speaks English
  • Galician: anglofalante — one who speaks English
  • German: Englischsprecher — one who speaks English
  • German: Englischsprecherin — one who speaks English
  • German: Englischsprachiger — one who speaks English
  • German: Englischsprachige — one who speaks English
  • Greek: αγγλόφωνος (anglófonos) — one who speaks English
  • Irish: Béarlóir — one who speaks English
  • Italian: anglofono — one who speaks English
  • Italian: anglofona — one who speaks English
  • Japanese: 英語話者 (Eigo-washa) — one who speaks English
  • Latin: Anglophona — one who speaks English
  • Latin: Anglophonus — one who speaks English
  • Lithuanian: anglakal̃bis — one who speaks English
  • Lithuanian: anglakal̃bė — one who speaks English
  • Persian: انگلیسیزبان (engelisi-zabân) — one who speaks English
  • Polish: anglofon — one who speaks English
  • Portuguese: anglófono — one who speaks English
  • Portuguese: anglófona — one who speaks English
  • Portuguese: anglofalante — one who speaks English
  • Romanian: anglofon — one who speaks English
  • Russian: англоговоря́щий (anglogovorjáščij) — one who speaks English
  • Russian: англоязы́чный (anglojazýčnyj) — one who speaks English
  • Spanish: anglohablante — one who speaks English
  • Spanish: angloparlante — one who speaks English
  • Spanish: anglófono — one who speaks English
  • Spanish: anglófona — one who speaks English
  • Swedish: engelskspråkig — one who speaks English
  • Swedish: engelsktalande — one who speaks English
  • Volapük: Linglänapükan — one who speaks English
Real reading context

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