Dictionary

Swedophone en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English Swedo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. English -phone English Swedophone From Swedo- + -phone.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Swedish-speaking.
   • Studies in Swedophone Literature and Culture 2016, The Reception of Byzantium in European Culture since 1500:
   • Over half the population are Swedophone in Jakobstad (Finnish: Pietarsaari), one of the most distinctive and enchanting spots on this part of the Finnish west coast known as parallelsverige (parallel Sweden). 2015, Lonely Planet Scandinavia:
   • The Swedophone part of the population (approximately 13 percent in 1900) 2007, Bjarne Thorup Thomsen, Centring on the Peripheries, page 40:

Translations (24)

nb svenskspråklig (Swedish-speaking) · nn svensktalande (Swedish-speaking) · pl szwedzkojęzyczny (Swedish-speaking) · nl Zweedstalig (Swedish-speaking) · el σουηδόφωνος (Swedish-speaking) · uk шведомо́вний (Swedish-speaking) · nn svenskspråkleg (Swedish-speaking) · is sænskumælandi (Swedish-speaking) · fr suédophone (Swedish-speaking) · fr suécophone (Swedish-speaking) · lt švedakalbis (Swedish-speaking) · ru шведоязы́чный (Swedish-speaking) · ru шведоговоря́щий (Swedish-speaking) · da svensktalende (Swedish-speaking) · sv svensktalande (Swedish-speaking) · it svedofono (Swedish-speaking) · pt suecófono (Swedish-speaking) · de schwedischsprachig (Swedish-speaking) · nb svensktalende (Swedish-speaking) · fr svécophone (Swedish-speaking) · ro suedofon (Swedish-speaking) · fi ruotsinkielinen (Swedish-speaking) · da svensksproget (Swedish-speaking) · sv svenskspråkig (Swedish-speaking)

Swedophone en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English Swedo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. English -phone English Swedophone From Swedo- + -phone.

Meanings

1. A speaker of Swedish.
   • To ensure the survival of their language, the Swedophones now had to assert their right to be part of that country 2007, Bjarne Thorup Thomsen, Centring on the Peripheries, page 42:
   • Swedophones may turn to the works of Christian Palme and Bo Pellnäs. 2005, Sabrina P. Ramet, Thinking about Yugoslavia, page 311:
   • These people would then have been forced to abandon their language and become Swedophones. 2006, Carl O. Nordling, Finland: The Making of a Nation, page 98:

Forms

Translations (18)

ro suedofon (speaker of Swedish) · pt suecófona (speaker of Swedish) · sv svenskspråkig (speaker of Swedish) · el Σουηδόφωνος (speaker of Swedish) · hy շվեդախոս (speaker of Swedish) · es suecohablante (speaker of Swedish) · fr svécophone (speaker of Swedish) · it svedofono (speaker of Swedish) · es suecoparlante (speaker of Swedish) · el Σουηδόφωνη (speaker of Swedish) · fr suécophone (speaker of Swedish) · pt suecófono (speaker of Swedish) · sv svensktalande (speaker of Swedish) · fr suédophone (speaker of Swedish) · de Schwedischsprecher (speaker of Swedish) · fi ruotsinkielinen (speaker of Swedish) · it svedofona (speaker of Swedish) · ro suedofonă (speaker of Swedish)