Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

germanophone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ger-manophone
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative letter-case form of Germanophone.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Germanophone.

adj

German-speaking.

noun

A speaker of the German language.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Etymology

From Germano- + -phone.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: Germano
Suffix: phone

Inflected Forms

germanophones (plural) more Germanophone (comparative) most Germanophone (superlative)

Synonyms

Teutonophone Teutophone

Questions

What does germanophone mean?: Alternative letter-case form of Germanophone.
Where does germanophone come from?: From Germano- + -phone.

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