French-speaking
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3.9
- adjective
- /frɛntʃ ˈspiːkɪŋ/
- It's a small city located in the province of Namur in the French-speaking region of Belgium.
- French-speaking countries
- French-speaking people
- French-speaking Canadians
Examples
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Through the computer, she found a French-speaking detainee and played the recording for him.
Fiction book (1991) -
The estimated quarter of a million French-speaking dwellers of the Louisiana coastal marsh do not accept strangers easily.
Academic text (1998) -
The European values had become the core of most of the French-speaking African countries.
Academic text (2004) -
What about the French-speaking Quebec News?
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Several of our French-speaking faculty made guest appearances as surprise witnesses.
Academic text (2000) -
Likewise, the French-speaking women behaved as if they had never heard English before.
Fiction book (1990) -
Cameroon, a predominantly French-speaking nation of 20 million in west central Africa.
Blog text (10) -
Four Belgian, French-speaking children, ages 6 to 13, participated in this study.
Academic text (2012) -
Our better authors are awarded major prizes and receive critical acclaim throughout the English and French-speaking world.
Academic text (1997) -
Drew Shaeffer will be using her French-speaking talents in Canada this summer.
How Fluent
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3.9
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
French-speaking joins French, the language from France, and speaking, which means 'talking'. So it describes a person or community that can 'talk' in French or usually uses French.