Etymology

francophonie

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Today it means: French speakers, collectively; the French-speaking world. Full definition →

French francophonie
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The story

  1. French · derived fromfrancophonie“French speakers, collectively”
  2. English todayFrancophonie

1968, from French francophonie (“French speakers, collectively”), from francophone (“French speaker”) + -ie.

Words from the same roots

Frenchfrancophonie all →

francophone

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.