English Explanatory Dictionary

Lusophone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Portuguese-speaking.
noun
  1. A Portuguese speaker.
adj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Lusophone.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Lusophone.

Pronunciation

/ˈluːsəˌfəʊn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Lusophone.wav /ˈlusəˌfoʊn/

Word forms

Lusophone Lusophones

Etymology

From Portuguese lusófono (“Portuguese-speaking”), from Lusitania (“the Roman province in what is now Portugal”), in the form of Luso- + -phone.

Translations

Armenian: պորտուգալախոս Catalan: lusòfon Finnish: portugalinkielinen French: lusophone German: portugiesischsprachig Italian: lusofono Norwegian Bokmål: portugisisktalende Norwegian Bokmål: portugisiskspråklig Polish: portugalskojęzyczny Polish: luzofoński Portuguese: lusófono Russian: португалоязы́чный Russian: португалоговоря́щий Spanish: portugués Ukrainian: португаломо́вний Swedish: portugisiskspråkig
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