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francophonie

francophonie is the alternative form of Francophonie.

Proper noun capitalized: Francophonie

Francophonie

  1. French speakers, collectively; the French-speaking world.
  2. The International Organization of the Francophonie, an organization of countries having French as an official, first, or important language (in Canada, often the Francophonie or la Francophonie).
  3. (Canada) French speakers in Canada, collectively (often francophonie).

Forms of francophonie

alternative formfrancophonie
alternative formFrancophony

Origin of francophonie

1968, from French francophonie (“French speakers, collectively”), from francophone (“French speaker”) + -ie.

Questions about francophonie

What does francophonie mean?
Francophonie means french speakers, collectively; the French-speaking world.
What is francophonie the alternative form of?
Francophonie is the alternative form of Francophonie.
What part of speech is francophonie?
Francophonie is a proper noun.

Words near francophonie in the dictionary

  1. Francophobia
  2. Francophobic
  3. francophone
  4. francophones
  5. Francophonic
  6. francophonie
  7. Francophony
  8. Francoprovençal
  9. francos
  10. Francosphere
  11. francs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: francophonie (page history and authors); Francophonie (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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