francophilie
French, noun/fʁɑ̃.kɔ.fi.li/
francophilie is spelled F-R-A-N-C-O-P-H-I-L-I-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 126,551st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Francophilie is a French feminine noun meaning “francophilia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Attrait pour la France et tout ce qui la concerne”.
What does francophilie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefrancophilia
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Attrait pour la France et tout ce qui la concerne. 2. Attrait pour la langue française, les cultures francophones ou la francophonie.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of francophilie
- francophilies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce francophilie?
- /fʁɑ̃.kɔ.fi.li/
- \fʁɑ̃.kɔ.fi.li\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is francophilie in French?
francophilie appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).