Definition of Lingua franca

1. Noun. A common language used by speakers of different languages. "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"

Exact synonyms: Interlanguage, Koine
Generic synonyms: Language, Linguistic Communication

Definition of Lingua franca

1. Noun. a common language used by people of diverse backgrounds to communicate with one another, often a basic form of speech with simplified grammar ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lingua Franca

lingo
lingoa wood
lingoes
lingonberries
lingonberry
lingos
lingot
lingots
lings
lingster
lingsters
lingua
lingua cerebelli
lingua dissecta
lingua franca (current term)
lingua francas
lingua frenata
lingua geographica
lingua nigra
linguacious
linguadental
linguadentals
linguae
lingual
lingual-facial-buccal dyskinesia
lingual aponeurosis
lingual appliances
lingual arch

Literary usage of Lingua franca

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Where Three Empires Meet: A Narrative of Recent Travel in Kashmir, Western by Edward Frederick Knight (1895)
"... XIV A REVOLUTION—NATIVE CHRISTIANS IN LEH—BAZAAR RUMOURS — COMMENCE MARCH THROUGH BALTISTAN TO GILGIT—lingua franca —THE TRUCULENT AFGHAN—DEFILES OF THE ..."

2. Narrative of the Expedition to China, from the Commencement of the War to by John Elliot Bingham (1843)
"Good effects of discipline—lingua franca—Resources of Chusan—Its Vegetable productions—Paddy- Manure —: Anecdote — Cotton —Bricks — Roads— Death of.Lieut. ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1831)
"lingua franca ; a corrupt Italian, mixed with other words, the dialect spoken between me inhabitants of the coast of North Africa and the Levant and ..."

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