Fran·co·phone

Fran·co·phone
/ˈfræŋkəˌfoʊn/ adj
: having French as the main language

the region's Francophone population

a Francophone neighborhood in an English-speaking country

Francophone noun, pl -phones [count]

a neighborhood that includes many Francophones [=people who speak French as their main language]


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