adj
Meaning 1
French-speaking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Francophone
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: /ˈfɹæŋkɒfəʊn/
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US: /ˈfɹæŋkəˌfoʊ̯n/
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US: [ˈfɹɛə̯ŋkhəˌfoʊ̯n] æ-raising
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CMU ARPABET: F R AE1 NG K AH0 F OW2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Alternative letter-case form of Francophone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A person who speaks French, especially as their mother tongue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Alternative letter-case form of Francophone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Altered and reinterpreted from French Francophonie, with semantic influence from Latin Franco- (“French”) + Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ), Franco- + -phone.
Across languages
Translations
82 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: fransızdilli — French-speaking
- Belarusian: франкамо́ўны (frankamówny) — French-speaking
- Bengali: ফরাসিভাষী (phoraśibhaśi) — French-speaking
- Bulgarian: франкофо́нски (frankofónski) — French-speaking
- Bulgarian: фре́нскогово́рещ (frénskogovórešt) — French-speaking
- Catalan: francòfon — French-speaking
- Czech: frankofonní — French-speaking
- Danish: frankofon — French-speaking
- Danish: fransksproget — French-speaking
- Danish: fransktalende — French-speaking
- Dutch: Franstalig — French-speaking
- Esperanto: francparola — French-speaking
- Finnish: ranskankielinen — French-speaking
- French: francophone — French-speaking
- Galician: francófono — French-speaking
- Georgian: ფრანგულენოვანი (prangulenovani) — French-speaking
- Georgian: ფრანკოფონიური (pranḳoponiuri) — French-speaking
- German: französischsprachig — French-speaking
- German: frankofon — French-speaking
- German: frankophon — French-speaking
- German: Französisch sprechend — French-speaking
- German: französischsprechend — French-speaking
- Greek: γαλλόφωνος (gallófonos) — French-speaking
- Hungarian: frankofón — French-speaking
- Icelandic: frönskumælandi — French-speaking
- Italian: francofono — French-speaking
- Macedonian: франкофо́нски (frankofónski) — French-speaking
- Norwegian Bokmål: frankofon — French-speaking
- Norwegian Bokmål: franskspråklig — French-speaking
- Norwegian Bokmål: fransktalende — French-speaking
- Norwegian Nynorsk: frankofon — French-speaking
- Norwegian Nynorsk: franskspråkleg — French-speaking
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fransktalande — French-speaking
- Polish: francuskojęzyczny — French-speaking
- Portuguese: francófono — French-speaking
- Russian: франкоговоря́щий (frankogovorjáščij) — French-speaking
- Russian: франкоязы́чный (frankojazýčnyj) — French-speaking
- Russian: французскоязы́чный (francuzskojazýčnyj) — French-speaking
- Spanish: francófono — French-speaking
- Swedish: franskspråkig — French-speaking
- Swedish: fransktalande — French-speaking
- Swedish: frankofon — French-speaking
- Turkish: Frankofon — French-speaking
- Ukrainian: франкомо́вний (frankomóvnyj) — French-speaking
- Ukrainian: французькомо́вний (francuzʹkomóvnyj) — French-speaking
- Bengali: ফরাসিভাষী (phoraśibhaśi) — speaker of French
- Bulgarian: франкофо́н (frankofón) — speaker of French
- Catalan: francòfon — speaker of French
- Catalan: francòfona — speaker of French
- Dutch: Franstalige — speaker of French
- Esperanto: francparolanto — speaker of French
- Esperanto: franclingvano — speaker of French
- Finnish: ranskankielinen — speaker of French
- Finnish: ranskantaitoinen — speaker of French
- French: francophone — speaker of French
- Galician: francófono — speaker of French
- Galician: francófona — speaker of French
- German: Frankofoner — speaker of French
- German: Frankofone — speaker of French
- German: Frankophoner — speaker of French
- German: Frankophone — speaker of French
- Greek: γαλλόφωνος (gallófonos) — speaker of French
- Hungarian: frankofón — speaker of French
- Irish: Frainciseoir — speaker of French
- Irish: cainteoir Fraincise — speaker of French
- Italian: francofono — speaker of French
- Italian: francofona — speaker of French
- Latin: Francophonus — speaker of French
- Latin: Francophona — speaker of French
- Macedonian: франкофо́н (frankofón) — speaker of French
- Portuguese: francófono — speaker of French
- Portuguese: francófona — speaker of French
- Russian: франкоговоря́щий (frankogovorjáščij) — speaker of French
- Russian: франкоязы́чный (frankojazýčnyj) — speaker of French
- Russian: франкофо́н (frankofón) — speaker of French
- Spanish: francohablante — speaker of French
- Spanish: francófono — speaker of French
- Spanish: francófona — speaker of French
- Swedish: franskspråkig — speaker of French
- Swedish: fransktalande — speaker of French
- Swedish: frankofon — speaker of French
- Turkish: Frankofon — speaker of French
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