Francophone

American  

[frang-kuh-fohn] / ˈfræŋ kəˌfoʊn /

adjective

1. Also Francophonic speaking French, especially as a member of a French-speaking population.

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noun

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

Francophone British  

/ ˈfræŋkəʊˌfəʊn /

noun

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

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adjective

1. speaking French as a native language

2. using French as a lingua franca

Etymology

Origin of Francophone

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

Example Sentences

Quebec is the only Canadian province that is primarily Francophone.

From Barron's

The rest of the cast includes a trio of great Francophone actors: Daniel Auteuil, Mathieu Amalric and Virginie Efira.

From The Wall Street Journal

Béninois are rightly proud of their country's role as the pioneering instigator of the wave of peaceful mass protest and democratisation that swept across francophone Africa in the early 1990s.

From BBC

Popular in Francophone countries, Nothomb’s book includes introspective passages with literary descriptions of the author’s feelings at that young age.

From Los Angeles Times

This reshuffling of the power structure was presented abroad by regime mouthpieces as moving from a strong presidential system to a supposedly more democratic "parliamentary" model – in tune with the traditions of the Commonwealth, which Togo, like Gabon, had joined in 2022, to broaden its international connections and reduce reliance on traditional francophone links with France, the former colonial ruler.

From BBC