Lusophone

See also: lusophone

English

WOTD – 3 December 2011

Alternative forms

• lusophone

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈluːsəˌfəʊn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlusəˌfoʊn/

Adjective

Lusophone (not comparable)

1. (of a person) Portuguese-speaking.
2. (of a place) Portuguese-speaking.

Translations

of a person, Portuguese-speaking

• Armenian: պորտուգալախոս (portugalaxos)
• Catalan: lusòfon
• Finnish: portugalinkielinen
• French: lusophone (fr)
• German: portugiesischsprachig
• Italian: lusofono (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: portugisisktalende

• Polish: portugalskojęzyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: lusófono (pt)
• Russian: португалоязы́чный (ru) (portugalojazýčnyj), португалоговоря́щий (portugalogovorjáščij)
• Spanish: portugués (es)
• Ukrainian: португаломо́вний (portuhalomóvnyj)

of a place, Portuguese-speaking

• Armenian: պորտուգալախոս (portugalaxos)
• Catalan: lusòfon
• Finnish: portugalinkielinen
• French: lusophone (fr)
• German: portugiesischsprachig
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: portugisiskspråklig, portugisisktalende

• Portuguese: lusófono (pt)
• Russian: португалоязы́чный (ru) (portugalojazýčnyj), португалоговоря́щий (portugalogovorjáščij)
• Spanish: portugués (es)
• Swedish: portugisiskspråkig
• Ukrainian: португаломо́вний (portuhalomóvnyj)

Noun

Lusophone (plural Lusophones)

1. A Portuguese speaker.

Translations

Portuguese speaker

• Armenian: պորտուգալախոս (portugalaxos)
• Catalan: lusòfon m
• Corsican: lusofonu m
• Esperanto: portugallingvano
• Finnish: portugalinkielinen
• French: lusophone (fr) m or f
• German: Portugiesischsprachige m or f
• Italian: lusofono (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: portugisisktalende m

• Portuguese: lusófono (pt) m, lusófona (pt) f
• Spanish: portugués (es)
• Volapük: Portugänapükan