No. 1,143 in French
francophone
Francophone: A person or community that speaks French, either natively or fluently.
In a sentence
Les francophones du Canada célèbrent leur riche patrimoine culturel.
The French speakers of Canada celebrate their rich cultural heritage.
Here, 'francophones' refers to people who speak French as part of their identity or community.
Elle a rejoint un groupe d'étudiants francophones pour améliorer son français.
She joined a group of French-speaking students to improve her French.
In this sentence, 'francophones' identifies students whose primary language or proficiency is in French.
Cette conférence est réservée aux chercheurs francophones.
This conference is reserved for French-speaking researchers.
In this context, 'francophones' specifies professionals whose communicative language, particularly for academic purposes, is French.
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