lingua franca

Definition of lingua franca

Nouns

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"
Synonyms:
interlanguage, koine
Type of:
language, linguistic communication
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols

Vocabulary Lists for lingua franca

Legal latinisms »(178 words)
A (by no means exhaustive) list. Surprising how some...
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George Orwell's "1984" Part 2 (comprehensive) »(2441 words)
Comprehensive vocabulary list for George Orwell's...
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History, Grades 9-12 »(183 words)
Vocabulary list related to history for students in...
  • absolutism
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Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels - Chapters 1-4 »(415 words)
A very interesting vocabulary list from Gulliver's...
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