English noun: lingua franca | |||
1. | lingua franca (communication) a common language used by speakers of different languages | ||
Samples | 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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | language, linguistic communication | ||