francophone
adjective /ˈfræŋkəfəʊn/
/ˈfræŋkəfəʊn/
[only before noun]- speaking French as the main language
- the francophone countries of West Africa
- a francophone TV channel
Oxford Collocations DictionaryFrancophone is used with these nouns:- country
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from Franco- ‘French’ + Greek phōnē ‘voice’.