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gallophone

/ˈɡæl.ə.fəʊn/

gallophone is the alternative spelling of Gallophone.

Adjective capitalized: Gallophone

Gallophone (not comparable)

  1. Describing a speaker of French or their culture
    • The Valle d'Aosta also remained French because he had delcared that to be its official language; and he appointed only Gallophone representatives […]1988, Julius Krishner, editor, Italy 1530-1630, volume 4, Longman, →ISBN, page 255
    • Anglophone and Gallophone communities there began an intensifiation of the long-standing concern for the role of education – and, hence, Symbol Systems Access – which we see in the world's major civilizations, such as the Chinese and the Greco-Roman.1990, International Third World Studies Journal & Review, volume II, number 1, Media Productions & Marketing, page 83
    Synonyms:
    Francophone

Synonyms of gallophone

Forms of gallophone

Noun
pluralgallophones
Adjective
alternative formgallophone

Origin of gallophone

From Gallo- + -phone.

Questions about gallophone

What does gallophone mean?
Gallophone means describing a speaker of French or their culture.
What is gallophone the alternative spelling of?
Gallophone is the alternative spelling of Gallophone.
What part of speech is gallophone?
Gallophone is an adjective.
How do you pronounce gallophone?
Gallophone is pronounced /ˈɡæl.ə.fəʊn/ (UK).

Words near gallophone in the dictionary

  1. Gallophils
  2. Gallophobe
  3. Gallophobes
  4. Gallophobia
  5. Gallophobic
  6. gallophone
  7. gallophones
  8. gallopin
  9. galloping
  10. galloping domino
  11. galloping dominoes

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