Francophone
/ˈfɹæŋkɒfəʊn/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who speaks French, especially as their mother tongue.
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of Francophone. alt-of
Adjective
- 1 French-speaking. not-comparable
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of Francophone. alt-of, not-comparable
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"When he was a child, a former Prime Minister of Canada, whose father was a francophone from Quebec and whose mother was an anglophone, supposed that all boys spoke French with their fathers and English with their mothers."
Etymology
Altered and reinterpreted from French Francophonie, with semantic influence from Latin Franco- (“French”) + Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ), Franco- + -phone.