lingua franca

Definition of Lingua Franca in English :

Noun

1. interlanguage, koine, lingua franca

a common language used by speakers of different languages

Example Sentences:
'Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lingua Franca

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nounWord forms: plural lingua francas or linguae francae (ˈlɪŋɡwiː ˈfrænsiː )

1.

a language used for communication among people of different mother tongues

2.

a hybrid language containing elements from several different languages used in this way

3.

any system of communication providing mutual understanding

noun

a particular lingua franca spoken from the time of the Crusades to the 18th century in the ports of the Mediterranean, based on Italian, Spanish, French, Arabic, Greek, and Turkish

Lingua Franca

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Word forms: plural ˈlingua ˈfrancas or ˈlinguae ˈfrancae (ˈlɪŋgwi ˈfrænsi ; liŋˈgwē franˈsē)

1.

a hybrid language based on Italian, with Spanish, French, Greek, and Arabic elements, spoken, esp. formerly, in certain Mediterranean ports

2.

a language used for communication between different peoples, as English or Swahili; specif., a hybrid language used for this purpose, as pidgin English

3.

something that is like a common language

Lingua Franca

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n. pl. lingua fran·cas (-kəz) also linguae fran·cae (frăngkē, frănsē)

1. A medium of communication between peoples of different languages.

2. A mixture of Italian with Provençal, French, Spanish, Arabic, Greek, and Turkish, formerly spoken on the eastern Mediterranean coast.

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