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.
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Francophone
//ˈfɹæŋkɒfəʊn//
Synonyms for "francophone" (3 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Strong matches (1)
Related words (1)
Adjective(1 words)
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Synonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
77 translations across 28 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- франкамо́ўны adj (French-speaking)
Bulgarian
2 entries- франкофо́нски adj (French-speaking)
- франкофо́н noun (speaker of French)
Catalan
3 entries- francòfon adj (French-speaking)
- francòfon noun (speaker of French)
- francòfona noun (speaker of French)
Czech
1 entries- frankofonní adj (French-speaking)
Danish
3 entries- frankofon adj (French-speaking)
- fransksproget adj (French-speaking)
- fransktalende adj (French-speaking)
Dutch
2 entries- Franstalig adj (French-speaking)
- Franstalige noun (speaker of French)
Esperanto
3 entries- francparola adj (French-speaking)
- franclingvano noun (speaker of French)
- francparolanto noun (speaker of French)
Finnish
3 entries- ranskankielinen adj (French-speaking)
- ranskankielinen noun (speaker of French)
- ranskantaitoinen noun (speaker of French)
French
2 entries- francophone adj (French-speaking)
- francophone noun (speaker of French)
Galician
3 entries- francófono adj (French-speaking)
- francófona noun (speaker of French)
- francófono noun (speaker of French)
Georgian
2 entries- ფრანგულენოვანი adj (French-speaking)
- ფრანკოფონიური adj (French-speaking)
German
4 entries- Französisch sprechend adj (French-speaking)
- frankofon adj (French-speaking)
- frankophon adj (French-speaking)
- französischsprachig adj (French-speaking)
Greek
2 entries- γαλλόφωνος adj (French-speaking)
- γαλλόφωνος noun (speaker of French)
Hungarian
2 entries- frankofón adj (French-speaking)
- frankofón noun (speaker of French)
Icelandic
1 entries- frönskumælandi adj (French-speaking)
Irish
2 entries- Frainciseoir noun (speaker of French)
- cainteoir Fraincise noun (speaker of French)
Italian
3 entries- francofono adj (French-speaking)
- francofona noun (speaker of French)
- francofono noun (speaker of French)
Latin
2 entries- Francophona noun (speaker of French)
- Francophonus noun (speaker of French)
Macedonian
2 entries- франкофо́нски adj (French-speaking)
- франкофо́н noun (speaker of French)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- frankofon adj (French-speaking)
- franskspråklig adj (French-speaking)
- fransktalende adj (French-speaking)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- frankofon adj (French-speaking)
- franskspråkleg adj (French-speaking)
- fransktalande adj (French-speaking)
Polish
1 entries- francuskojęzyczny adj (French-speaking)
Portuguese
3 entries- francófono adj (French-speaking)
- francófona noun (speaker of French)
- francófono noun (speaker of French)
Russian
4 entries- франкоговоря́щий adj (French-speaking)
- франкоязы́чный adj (French-speaking)
- франкоговоря́щий noun (speaker of French)
- франкофо́н noun (speaker of French)
Spanish
4 entries- francófono adj (French-speaking)
- francohablante noun (speaker of French)
- francófona noun (speaker of French)
- francófono noun (speaker of French)
Swedish
4 entries- frankofon adj (French-speaking)
- franskspråkig adj (French-speaking)
- fransktalande adj (French-speaking)
- frankofon noun (speaker of French)
Turkish
2 entries- Frankofon adj (French-speaking)
- Frankofon noun (speaker of French)
Ukrainian
2 entries- франкомо́вний adj (French-speaking)
- французько́мовний adj (French-speaking)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Is Algeria a Francophone country?
Source: tatoeba (7866423)
Tom was born in Canada to a francophone family, but he's more comfortable using the English he learned in school.
Source: tatoeba (9399853)
My neighbour Alex on Lulu Island is a Francophone. He has a friendly dog.
Source: tatoeba (10602779)
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