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germanophone

germanophone is the alternative letter-case form of Germanophone.

Adjective capitalized: Germanophone

Germanophone (comparative more Germanophone, superlative most Germanophone)

  1. German-speaking.
    • The Allies conquered Germany's overseas dependencies, and thereby helped to prevent the emergence of a Germanophone Africa, tied by language, commerce and administrative tradition to Central Europe.1975, Lewis H. Gann, “Economic development in Germany's African empire, 1884–1914”, in Peter Duignan, Lewis H. Gann, editors, Colonialism in Africa 1870–1960, Volume Four: The Economics of...
    • Indeed he could do it well enough for him to act as liaison interpreter between his Francophone grandparents and the Germanophone family cook, asking the latter to fetch milk, light the lamp, etc., for the former.1978 October 1, Language Interpretation and Communication, volume 1977, Plenum Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 164

Noun capitalized: Germanophone

Germanophone (plural Germanophones)

  1. A speaker of the German language.

Synonyms of germanophone

Forms of germanophone

Noun
pluralgermanophones
pluralGermanophones
Adjective
comparativemore Germanophone
superlativemost Germanophone
alternative formgermanophone

Origin of germanophone

From Germano- + -phone.

Questions about germanophone

What does germanophone mean?
Germanophone means german-speaking.
What is germanophone the alternative letter-case form of?
Germanophone is the alternative letter-case form of Germanophone.
What part of speech is germanophone?
Germanophone can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near germanophone in the dictionary

  1. Germanophobes
  2. germanophobia
  3. germanophobic
  4. Germanophobist
  5. Germanophobists
  6. germanophone
  7. germanophones
  8. Germanosphere
  9. Germanotta
  10. Germanottas
  11. germanous

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