English

Alternative forms

• germanophone

Adjective

Germanophone ‎(comparative more Germanophone, superlative most Germanophone)

1. German-speaking
   • 1975, Gann, Lewis H., “Economic development in Germany's African empire, 1884–1914”, in Duignan, Peter; Gann, Lewis H., editors, Colonialism in Africa 1870–1960, Volume Four: The Economics of Colonialism, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521086417, OL 7731621M, page 252:

     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.

   • 1978 October 1, Language Interpretation and Communication, volume 1977, Plenum Press, ISBN 9780306400513, OL 4727237M, page 164:

     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.

Translations

Noun

Germanophone ‎(plural Germanophones)

1. A speaker of the German language.

Translations

English

Adjective

germanophone ‎(not comparable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Germanophone

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Germanophone.

Noun

germanophone ‎(plural germanophones)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Germanophone

French

Etymology

germain +‎ -phone

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛʁ.ma.no.fɔn/

Adjective

germanophone m, f ‎(plural germanophones)

1. German-speaking

Noun

germanophone m, f ‎(plural germanophones)

1. German speaker

See also

• allemand
• germaniste