Found 2 items, similar to Lingua Franca.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: lingua franca
lingua franca
n : 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” [syn:
interlanguage,
koine]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Lingua Franca
Lingua Franca
\Lin“gua Fran”ca\ (l[i^][ng]"gw[.a]
fr[a^][ng]"k[.a]) n. [It., prop., language of the Franks.]
1. The commercial language of the Levant, -- a mixture of the
languages of the people of the region and of foreign
traders.
[1913 Webster]
2. Any hybrid or other language used over a wide area as a
common or commercial tongue among peoples of different
speech.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]