Francophone

[ frang-kuh-fohn ]

adjective

1. Also Fran·co·phon·ic [] speaking French, especially as a member of a French-speaking population.

noun

1. a person who speaks French, especially a native speaker.

Francophone

/ ˈfræŋkəʊˌfəʊn /

noun

1. a person who speaks French, esp a native speaker

adjective

1. speaking French as a native language
2. using French as a lingua franca

Word History and Origins

Origin of Francophone¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; Franco- + -phone

Example Sentences

There is also a tradition, especially in parts of Francophone Africa, of making high-quality films.

From BBC

Belgium is split along linguistic lines, with francophone Wallonia in the south and Dutch-speaking Flanders in the north, and governments are invariably formed by coalitions made of parties from both regions.

From Seattle Times

It is a federation split to a great degree between two communities, the Dutch-speaking Flemish population and the Francophone Walloons, as well as a very small German-speaking minority.

From New York Times

Maryse Condé, a writer from the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe whose explorations of race, gender and colonialism across the Francophone world made her a perennial favorite for the Nobel Prize in Literature, died on Tuesday in Apt, a town in southern France.

From New York Times

Her sure-handedness won her acclaim as the “grande dame” of Francophone literature.

From New York Times