turcophone
French, noun/tyʁ.kɔ.fɔn/
turcophone is spelled T-U-R-C-O-P-H-O-N-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Turcophone is a French feminine noun meaning “a Turkophone (one who speaks the Turkish language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne parlant la langue turque”.
What does turcophone mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Turkophone (Turkish-speaking)
noun
- 1
femininemasculinea Turkophone (one who speaks the Turkish language)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. De langue turque.
noun: 1. Personne parlant la langue turque.
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 turcophone
- turcophones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce turcophone?
- /tyʁ.kɔ.fɔn/
- \tyʁ.kɔ.fɔn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is turcophone in French?
turcophone appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).