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Francophobia

/ˈfɹæŋ.kəˈfoʊ.bi.ə/

Francophobia noun: the hatred or fear of France, its people and culture.

Noun

Francophobia (uncountable)

  1. The hatred or fear of France, its people and culture.
  2. The hatred or fear of the presence of the French language and its native speakers.
    • Today, francophobia has donned new clothes: those of populism. Under the simplistic discourse of budgetary rigour, deficit reduction, and common sense, the new populist apostles see bilingualism not as an advantage but as a frill … In times like these, one may only remember the cri du coeur...

Francophobia meaning in Tamil and Bengali

Francophobia in Tamil

பிரான்சு வெருளி

Francophobia in Bengali

ফ্রান্স

Synonyms of Francophobia

Antonyms

Forms of Francophobia

alternative formfrancophobia

Origin of Francophobia

From Franco- + -phobia.

Words that rhyme with Francophobia

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Questions about Francophobia

What does Francophobia mean?
Francophobia means the hatred or fear of France, its people and culture.
What is Francophobia in Tamil?
Francophobia in Tamil is பிரான்சு வெருளி. See Francophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Francophobia?
Francophobia is a noun.
How do you pronounce Francophobia?
Francophobia is pronounced /ˈfɹæŋ.kəˈfoʊ.bi.ə/ (US).

Words near Francophobia in the dictionary

  1. francophilia
  2. Francophilism
  3. Francophils
  4. Francophobe
  5. Francophobes
  6. Francophobia
  7. Francophobic
  8. francophone
  9. francophones
  10. Francophonic
  11. francophonie

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Francophobia (page history and authors); Francophobia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Francophobia (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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