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" (52 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (15)
Adjective(11 words)
french coursewarefrench culturefrench curriculumfrench disciplinefrench gouvernementfrench grammarfrench groupefrench héritagefrench institutionfrench legal terminologyfrench lettre
Noun(4 words)
french forcefrench intensefrench languagefrench language user
Related words (26)
Adjective(17 words)
french machinefrench massefrench méthodefrench organismefrench practicefrench pronunciationfrench proposfrench ressourcefrench restrictionfrench studyfrench terrainfrench vocabularyfrench way of lifefrench étudiantfrench-languagegallic artgallic cuisine
Noun(8 words)
french revolutionsfrench speakerfrench speakingfrench speaking personfrench study programfrench-language coursefrench-language resourcesnews copy french
Determiner(1 words)
more french
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7 entriesFrancophone AfricanFrancophone BelgianFrancophone CanadianFrancophone citizenFrancophone studentFrench speaking childFrench speaking student
Collocations
9 entriesFrancophone Canadafrancophone classroomfrancophone communityfrancophone countriesfrancophone countryfrancophone culturefrancophone educationfrancophone learnersfrancophone literature
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesSample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Is Algeria a Francophone country?
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Tom was born in Canada to a francophone family, but he's more comfortable using the English he learned in school.
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My neighbour Alex on Lulu Island is a Francophone. He has a friendly dog.
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