Francophone
- noun
- /ˈfræŋkəˌfoʊn/
- In Jennings, there was only one self-reporting monolingual Francophone.
- a unilingual Francophone
- a monolingual Francophone
- the Francophone population
Examples
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The immigrant families in my research self-identified as Francophone and came from mainly African countries.
Academic text (2011) -
Forty-six percent (304) of the Cajun population (639) was reported as unilingual Francophone.
Academic text (2000) -
I think there exists a plot at the moment against Francophone Africa.
Academic text (1998) -
Within six months in 1990, much of Francophone Africa lifted its ban on multiparty politics.
Academic text (1997) -
The changing linguistic character of the Francophone population is a little-documented aspect of this transformation.
Academic text (2000) -
In either case, separation would be costly in terms of territory and wealth for Francophone Quebec.
Academic text (1996) -
Patrick and I cycled south from Maastricht into Francophone Belgium last spring.
Blog text (11) -
Although Anglophone magazines and television from Montreal, Ontario, and the United States are available, Francophone media strongly dominate most households.
Academic text (2003) -
Prior to Sankara's leadership, Francophone West African states had coexisted peacefully and cooperatively under general French patronage.
Academic text (1990) -
Many people in Montreal identify as Francophone because they grew up speaking French.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Francophone combines Franco- 'French' and -phone 'voice' or 'speaker', like in telephone and megaphone. So a Francophone is literally a 'French speaker' and means a person or group who speaks French.