francophone

adjective

fran·​co·​phone ˈfraŋ-kə-ˌfōn 

-kō-

often capitalized

: of, having, or belonging to a population using French as its first or sometimes second language

Francophone noun

Examples of francophone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For example, in largely francophone West Africa, France was once the dominant foreign power in nine of the region's 16 countries as of 1980 compared with only three today, according to our team’s Formal Bilateral Influence Capacity Index. —Time, 3 Aug. 2023

The protests in Chad will add to further concerns by Western policymakers that more Francophone African countries will be taken over by military leaders that prefer to work with Russia rather than the West. —Tom Collins, Quartz, 6 June 2022

This excellent collection of studies of six Francophone countries in the Sahel region of West Africa (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal) examines the impact of democratization on state building since the early 1990s. —Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020

Start with a traditional Martinique rhum agricole, like the unaged Clément Rhum Blanc or barrel-aged Rhum J.M Vieux Agricole VSOP, and then branch out beyond the francophone Caribbean to Belize (Copalli Rum) and Grenada (Renegade Rum). —Susannah Skiver Barton, Bon Appétit, 16 Sep. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1962, in the meaning defined above