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Lusophone¹

  • /ˈluːsəˌfəʊn/ UK
  • /ˈlusəˌfoʊn/ US

Where it comes from

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

adjective lusophone

  1. not comparable, of a person Portuguese-speaking.
  2. not comparable, of a place Portuguese-speaking.

noun Lusophones · lusophone

  1. A Portuguese speaker.

lusophone²

adjective

  1. not comparable Alternative letter-case form of Lusophone

noun lusophones

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Lusophone

Translations

Every language

adj of a person, Portuguese-speaking

Españolportugués
Portuguêslusófono
Françaislusophone
Deutschportugiesischsprachig
Italianolusofono
Русскийпортугалоязы́чный portugalojazýčnyj, португалоговоря́щий portugalogovorjáščij

adj of a place, Portuguese-speaking

Españolportugués
Portuguêslusófono
Françaislusophone
Deutschportugiesischsprachig
Русскийпортугалоязы́чный portugalojazýčnyj, португалоговоря́щий portugalogovorjáščij

noun Portuguese speaker

Españolportugués
Portuguêslusófono, lusófona
Françaislusophone
DeutschPortugiesischsprecher, Portugiesischsprecherin, Portugiesischsprachiger, Portugiesischsprachige
Italianolusofono

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"lusophone." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lusophone. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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lusophone. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lusophone

Chicago

"lusophone." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lusophone.

BibTeX
@misc{lusophone_2026,
  title = {lusophone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lusophone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}